Statute Text
Yamhill County.
The boundary of Yamhill County is as follows:
(1) Commencing in
the middle of the main channel of the Willamette River one mile below the
Butte; thence in a direct course due west to the Pacific Ocean; thence south
along the coast of the Pacific Ocean to a point due west of George Gays house;
thence due east to the northwest corner of Polk County, which corner is
monumented with an iron pipe and brass cap, as depicted on the county line
survey of 2003, which lies on the west boundary of and 62.16 chains southerly
from the northwest corner of township 6 south, range 8 west; thence S 89° 53 34
E, 4,775.55 feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the
boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence S 89° 00 46 E, 615.90 feet
to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 46 31 E, 14,458.42 feet
to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 29 17 E, 1,312.89 feet
to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 58 22 E, 7,936.58 feet
to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 56 52 E, 9,123.08 feet
to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between Polk
and Yamhill Counties; thence S 88° 41 27 E, 6,684.99 feet to an iron pipe and
brass cap monument; thence S 88° 40 09 E, 7,840.11 feet to an aluminum pipe
and aluminum cap monument; thence N 89° 33 19 E, 8,919.81 feet to a brass cap
set in concrete; thence S 89° 53 46 E, 6,983.34 feet to a point five links
north of a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote a reference to the
boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 29 01 E, 2,258.39
feet to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence N 89° 29 45 E, 4,479.59
feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between
Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence S 89° 51 36 E, 5,111.72 feet to a cast iron
pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between Polk and Yamhill
Counties; thence N 89° 50 30 E, 8,340.37 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap
monument; thence N 89° 51 31 E, 6,113.50 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap
monument; thence N 89° 52 12 E, 4,379.73 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap
monument; thence N 89° 53 01 E, 4,749.60 feet to a cast iron pyramid monument
set in 1890 to denote the boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence S
89° 21 07 E, 13,631.79 feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to
denote the boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence S 89° 52 16 E,
9,925.57 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 41 16 E,
2,708.54 feet to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 40 14 E,
2,690.80 feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the
boundary between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence N 89° 53 16 E, 6,000.53
feet to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between
Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence S 89° 52 36 E, 1,131.35 feet to an iron
pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 54 09 E, 891.58 feet to an iron
pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 59 32 E, 3,487.12 feet to an iron
pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 59 01 E, 3,093.00 feet to an
aluminum pipe and aluminum cap monument; thence S 89° 48 05 E, 1,314.22 feet
to an iron pipe and brass cap monument; thence S 89° 51 52 E, 14,356.78 feet
to a cast iron pyramid monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary between Polk
and Yamhill Counties; thence S 89° 42 43 E, 5,256.03 feet to a
brass cap set in the base of the monument set in 1890 to denote the boundary
between Polk and Yamhill Counties; thence S 89° 42 43 E, 900
feet to the middle of the main channel of the Willamette River, at a point in
the Willamette River, leaving Gays house in Yamhill County; thence down the
channel to the place of beginning.
(2) The
boundaries of Yamhill and Washington Counties begin at the center of the main
channel of the Willamette River at its intersection with the meridian line;
thence north to the northeast corner of section 13, township 3 south, range 1
west; thence two miles west; one mile north; one mile west; one mile north; two
miles west; one mile south; three miles west; one mile north; three miles west;
one mile north; one mile west; one mile north; one mile west; one mile north;
one mile west; one mile north; thence west on the section line to center of
Wapatoo Lake; thence down the center of the lake to its intersection with the
south line of township 1 south; thence west on the township line to the summit
of the Coast Mountains.
(3) The boundary
line between Yamhill and Tillamook Counties commences at the northwest corner
of section 5, township 2 south of range 6 west, Willamette Meridian; thence
south 15 miles along east lines of sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30 and 31 of township
2 south, range 6 west, sections 6, 7, 18, 19, 30 and 31 of township 3 south,
range 6 west and sections 6, 7 and 18, township 4 s