- Yamhill River
The Yamhill River is a tributary of the
Willamette River , approximately 12 miles (19 km) long, in northwesternOregon in theUnited States . It drains an area of theOregon Coast Range west of theWillamette Valley , providing a fertile agricultural valley. It extends about 62 miles (100 km) to its farthest headwaters on theSouth Yamhill River .It is formed in central Yamhill County, approximately two miles (3 km) east of McMinnville, by the confluence of the North Yamhill and South Yamhill rivers, both of which rise in the Coast Range. It flows east in a
meander ing course, joining the Willamette from the west approximately eight miles (13 km) southwest of Newberg, close to Dayton.The river is named for the Yamhill, a tribe of Native Americans of the
Kalapuya people who inhabited the region at the time of the arrival of European settlers. The Yamhill people were moved to the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation in 1855. During the 1830s and 1840s the area was extensively settled as part of the migration via theOregon Trail .ee also
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List of Oregon rivers References
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