Sherman County, Oregon

Founding: 1889
Parent county: Wasco
Namesake: William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Army general
Seat: Wasco (1889–1892); Moro (1892–)
Land area: 824 square miles
Population (2020): 1,870
Population (historic): 1,792 (1890); 3,477 (1900); 4,242 (1910); 3,826 (1920); 2,978 (1930)
Periods of population growth: pre-1890–1910; 1950s; 2010s
Subdivisions: Four cities; one CDP
National Register listings: Five
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 375 (40.8%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 37.8%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 5.6%

Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,136
Average outbuilding value (1930): $1,970
Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.7 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 460
Average farm size (1920): 617.7 acres
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Moro

 
Namesake: Unknown
Founding: 1882 (platting); 1884 (post office); 1899 (incorporation)
Population (2020): 367
Population (historic): 335 (1900); 378 (1910); 418 (1920); 352 (1930)
Periods of population growth: 1882–1920; 1940s; 1970s; 1990s; 2010s
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 78 (42.2%)
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Outstanding Buildings

1. *John Moore Farm (1882). 66432 US Highway 97. Italianate.