Deschutes County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 198,253. The county seat is Bend. The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschutes River, which itself was named by French-Canadian trappers of the early 19th century. It is the political and economic hub of Central Oregon. Deschutes comprises the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area and media market. Deschutes is Oregon's fastest-growing and most recently formed county.
Old U.S. Post Office in Bend, Oregon
View of the Cascades near La Pine, Oregon
The Three Sisters mountains visible over the Crooked River Railroad Bridge north of Terrebonne
Bend is a city in Central Oregon and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States. It is located to the east of the Cascade Range, on the Deschutes River.
View of Pilot Butte from downtown, 2022
View of downtown Bend, c. 1920
Brooks-Scanlon Lumber Company in 1922
The last remaining Blockbuster in the world, on Route 20 and Revere Ave