Wasco County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,213. Its county seat is The Dalles. The county is named for a local tribe of Native Americans, the Wasco, a Chinook tribe who live on the south side of the Columbia River. It is near the Washington state line. Wasco County comprises The Dalles Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Wasco County Courthouse in The Dalles
The Wasco County courthouse was shown on this postcard mailed on August 12, 1916.
An aerial view of the county
Boyd Loop Road grain elevator on Fifteenmile Creek, Wasco County
The Dalles, formally the City of The Dalles and also called Dalles City, is an inland port and the largest city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,010 at the 2020 census, and it is the largest city in Oregon along the Columbia River outside the Portland Metropolitan Area. The Dalles is 75 miles east of Portland, within the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area.
The Dalles and the Columbia River in November 2008
Early illustration of The Dalles, attributed to Joseph Drayton
Second Street c. 1880
The Umatilla House hotel c. 1880