Klamath Falls ( ) (
Klamath: ) is a city in and the
county seat of
Klamath County, Oregon,
United States. The city was originally called
Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867. It was named after the
Link River, on whose falls the city was sited. The name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1893. The population was 20,840 at the
2010 census. The city is situated on the south east shore of the
Upper Klamath Lake and about north of the California-Oregon border.