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'''Oregon County''' is a county in far southern [[Missouri]], within the Ozark Mountains. It had a population of 10,881 at the 2010 census.
Officially organized on February 14, 1845, the county was named for the then-disputed American territory of [[Oregon]], and is one of only three Missouri counties to share a name with another U.S. state (the others being Texas and [[Mississippi County, Missouri|Mississippi]]). [[Alton, Missouri|Alton]] is the county seat, and [[Thayer, Missouri|Thayer]] is the largest city.
[[Category:Missouri]]
[[Category:Counties]]