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Map of the United States with Oregon highlighted. Oregon is a state located in the Western United States. All population data is based on the 2020 census and 2010 census and the Census Bureau's annual estimates. [1] All area data is based on the 2010 US Gazetteer files. There are 241 municipalities.
Post is an unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office assigned the ZIP code of 97752. [2] Post lies along Oregon Route 380 southeast of Prineville at an elevation of 3,383 feet (1,031 m). [1] Post was named for Walter H. Post, the first postmaster of the Post post office, established in 1889. [3]
County FIPS code [3] County seat [4] Est. [4] Origin [5] Etymology [5] Population [6] Area [4] Map Baker County: 001: Baker City: 1862: Eastern portion of Wasco County: Named in honor of Edward Dickinson Baker, who died in combat while serving as Oregon senator.
Though this is most likely the real source of the name, the spelling "Sixes" was probably used by miners drawn to the Oregon gold rush who were familiar with the Chinook word "sikhs". The current spelling was used as early as 1855, and Sixes' post office was established in 1888. [ 2 ]
503: The northwestern corner of Oregon, including Portland and its metropolitan area, Salem and other cities 541: All of Oregon outside the northwestern corner, including Eugene. 971: An overlay of area code 503. Until 2008, 971 was a concentrated overlay, meaning it was only present in some parts of the 503 area. Today it is a standard overlay.
Cottage Grove post office was established in 1855 east of present-day Creswell. [9] It was named by its first postmaster, G. C. Pearce, whose home was in an oak grove. [9] In 1861, the office was moved to the present site of Saginaw; [9] then in the late 1860s, to the southwesternmost part of present-day Cottage Grove, on the west bank of the Coast Fork Willamette River. [9]
Olney is an unincorporated community and former company town in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 202 approximately eight miles southeast of Astoria. [1] Its post office is assigned ZIP code 97325. The town of Olney was named after Oregon Territory Supreme Court justice Cyrus Olney, who was from Astoria. [2] [3]
Dayville was named for the John Day River. [5] The original site of the Dayville post office was 3 miles (5 km) west of the city's current location. [5] In the mid-19th century, Dayville was along the route of a wagon road, renamed The Dalles Military Road in about 1870, that connected The Dalles on the Columbia River with gold mines near Canyon City. [6]