Southern Oregon is a region of the U.S. state of Oregon south of Lane County and generally west of the Cascade Range , excluding the southern Oregon Coast . Counties include Douglas , Jackson , Klamath , and Josephine . It includes the Southern Oregon American Viticultural Area , which consists of the Umpqua and Rogue River drainages. As of 2015, the population in the four counties is about 471,000, and in the greater, seven-county definition, it is about 564,000.
3-672: The Oregon Sentinel was the first newspaper in southern Oregon . It was published in Jacksonville , Oregon from 1855 to 1888. The Oregon Sentinel was founded by pioneer William G. T'Vault , and was initially named the Table Rock Sentinel , changing its title in 1858. It was a decidedly pro- slavery newspaper, despite the practice being illegal in Oregon. In the 1980s, the Southern Oregon Historical Society revived
6-493: The Republican Party in both state and federal elections, but some liberal outliers such as Ashland and Port Orford mean Democrats are usually able to win larger shares of the vote in this region compared to Eastern Oregon. Other than Jackson County , which is considered a swing county, no Democrat has won any county of Southern Oregon in presidential elections since 1996 using the seven-county definition, or since 1964 using
9-604: The title once again as its own newsletter. The Jacksonville Sentinel , a distinct newspaper, was founded in 1902 and lasted until 1906. It was the only Republican paper in southern Oregon at the time. The Jacksonville Sentinel was edited by Joseph P. Gaston , an American railroad executive and journalist. This article about an Oregon newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Southern Oregon Always included: Total population: 471,013 Sometimes included: Total seven-county population: 564,446 Southern Oregon generally supports candidates of
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