Klamath County, Oregon: Difference between revisions

'''Klamath County''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|l|æ|m|ə|θ}} {{Respell|KLAM|əth}}) is a [[List of counties in Oregon|county]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Oregon]]. As of the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]], the population was 66,380.<ref name="QF">{{cite web|title=State & County QuickFacts|url=http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/41/41035.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=November 15, 2013}}</ref> The [[county seat]] is [[Klamath Falls, Oregon|Klamath Falls]].<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |accessdate=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archivedate=2011-05-31 |df= }}</ref> The [[Oregon Geographic Names|county was named]] for the [[Klamath people|Klamath]],<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9V1IAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA177#v=onepage&q&f=false | title=The Origin of Certain Place Names in the United States | publisher=[[United States Government Publishing Office|Government Printing Office]] | author=Gannett, Henry | year=1905 | pages=177}}</ref> the tribe of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]]s living in the area at the time the first European explorers entered the region.