Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Lincoln County Records Inventory
Land Subdivision Records
1869-[ongoing]
Series documents the subdividing and partitioning of land within the county. Records include survey notes, correspondence, photographs, satisfaction of agreements, maps of subdivided and partitioned land, and contracts and permits. Information includes subdivision names; lot, street, and alley dimensions; and township, range, and section numbers of land to be subdivided or partitioned.
Records at the Lincoln County Courthouse, Clerk's Office Public Research Area:
Condominium Plats [Recording Sheets], 1990-present (1 binder);
Condominiums [Plats], 1969-present (ca.300 plats);
Index to Record of Plats, vol. 1, 1869-2003 (1 volume);
Partition Plats [Recording Sheets], 1999-present (2 binders);
Partitions [Plats], 1990-present (ca.600 plats);
Subdivision Plats [Recording Sheets], 1990-present (2 binders);
Subdivisions [Plats], 1938-present (ca.500 plats).
Records at the Lincoln County Courthouse, Clerk's Office:
Master Index of Plats [includes subdivision, partition, and condominium plats],
1892-2000 (1 binder).
Records at the Lincoln County Courthouse, Clerk's Office, Copy Room:
Subdivision [Plats], 1869-1938 (200 plats).
Records at the Lincoln County Public Service Building, Planning and Development Department
Office:
Planning [Land Use Action Case Files-includes subdivisions, partitions, zone changes, conditional
uses, and related actions], 2004-present (24 cu.ft.).
Records at the Lincoln County Public Service Building, Planning and Development Department
Map Room:
[Planning Permits Rolodex Index-indexes partitions, zone changes, conditional
uses, and related actions], 1971-ca.1998 (.75 cu.ft.).
Records at the Lincoln County Public Service Building, Planning and Development Department
Office, Library Bookcase:
Comprehensive Plan [Records-includes drafts, maps, amendments, exceptions, inventories, and
related documents in binders-title varies], 1979-present (ca.6 cu.ft.);
Ord. #138 Enacting Comprehensive Plan [includes ordinances related to the urban growth boundary, estuary management, zoning, subdivisions, and agricultural lands], 1975-1981 (1 binder).
Records at the Lincoln County Public Service Building, Planning and Development Department Upstairs Storage Room:
Planning Permits [Land Use Action Case Files-includes partitions, zone changes,
conditional uses, and related actions], 1971-2003 (150 cu.ft.);
Subdivision [Case Files], 1962-2003 (37 cu.ft.).
Records at the Lincoln County Community Corrections Building, County Archives:
Index to Plats [Subdivision], vol. 1, 1882-1969 (1 volume);
Lot Book [Subdivision], vol. 1-2, 1901-1907 (2 volumes).
Records at the Lincoln County Public Works Complex, Surveyor's Archives:
Condominium Plats, 1968-present (ca.2 cu.ft.);
Partition Plats, 1990-present (ca.5 cu.ft.);
Subdivision Plats, 1869-present (ca.6 cu.ft.).
Records at the Oregon Coast History Center:
Township Plat Book [Accession no. 94.27], ca.1915 (1
volume).
Records at the Lincoln County Web Site:
Lincoln
County Code [includes comprehensive plan, zoning, and land
division information], ca.1982-present (Internet).