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Columbia County staff to coordinate name-change submissions to state geographic names board
Summary
County staff discussed proposed replacement names for three local geographic features, agreed to coordinate research and public input and to prepare a unified packet for the Oregon Geographic Names Board; deadline for submissions is Aug. 1, 2026.
Columbia County commissioners heard detailed recommendations on Sept. 17 to prepare coordinated responses to a state solicitation for renaming certain local geographic features, and directed staff to work with local historians, tribes and community groups to finalize submissions.
The discussion matters because the state board will collect local input and forward recommendations to the federal authority that ultimately decides official place names; county staff noted the process is a solicitation rather than a formal county hearing and that the state deadline is…
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