Local Wiki
Jefferson County
Official County Record
Official source, last checked Aug 25, 2026- Board of Commissioners meets
- Wednesdays — 1st and 4th Wednesday begin 9:00 AM, 2nd Wednesday begins 8:15 AM with a Department Directors meeting
- Meeting location
- 66 SE D Street, Suite A, Madras, OR 97741
- County Clerk
- Kate Zemke
- Agendas posted at
- https://www.jeffersoncountyor.gov/meetings
- Board of County Commissioners
- Mark Wunsch (Chair), Kelly Simmelink, Seth Taylor
Other Known Local Governments Here
These local governments — special-purpose districts, and smaller incorporated cities and towns — are known to exist in this area, but haven’t been individually researched yet, so there’s no meeting info or contacts on file. Listed here as a starting point if you want to look into one yourself; where we could confirm an official website, the name links there. More may exist here than are listed.
- Ashwood Sd 8 · School District
- Black Butte Sd 41 · School District
- Culver Sd 4 · School District
- Jefferson County Sd 509j · School District
Source: NCES Common Core of Data (via Urban Institute), 2022 directory — regular school districts only
- Jefferson County RFD #1 · Emergency Services District
- Jefferson County RFD #1/Culver · Emergency Services District
- Lake Chinook Fire & Rescue · Emergency Services District
- Redmond RFPD · Emergency Services District
- Sisters-Camp Sherman RFPD · Emergency Services District
Source: State of Oregon 'Fire District Boundaries - Structural' GIS layer (RFPDs only), county resolved via spatial join against Census county boundaries
- Culver (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Madras (official website, opens in a new tab) · City
- Metolius · City
Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, 2024 · Website links from the official .gov registry and the Census Bureau’s 2022 Government Units listing, checked September 2026