The name of the town came from Henry Zumwalt, an early resident of the area.

[2] Henry Oliver Zumwalt was born on June 5, 1854, in Perrydale, Polk County, Oregon.

He married Mary Angeline Updegraff on Aug 1881 in Wasco County, Oregon.

Mary was born on November 15, 1853, in Shelbyville, Shelby County, Indiana.

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