In 1917 Camas became a County. Its County seat is Fairfield.
Camas County is a back country and the Sheriffs participate in Search and Rescue.Their duties are very time consuming and can be quite harrowing at times.The country they travel is rough and desolate.
The Following List of Sheriffs came from the Sheriffs Office and
Wood River Newspaper.
1917-1919 C.L.Back
1919-1920 Harry Lamson
1920-1931 Sig Merrel
1931-1932 Oscar Perkins
1932-1938 Allec C. Osborne
1938-1940 R.T.Baldwin
1940-1953 John Hersch
1953-1955 Russell Hollenback
1955-1963 Al Lawson
1963-1963 Jerry Moon
1963-1975 Paul Cox
1975-2001 Harold P. Lee
2001-2003 Keith Rast
2003- Dave Sanders