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Madras (/ ˈ m æ d r ə s / MAD-rəss) is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. [5] Originally called "The Basin" after the circular valley the city is in, it is unclear whether Madras was named in 1903 for the cotton fabric called "Madras" that originated in the city of Madras (now Chennai) in Tamil Nadu, India or from the name of the city itself.
Jefferson County was created on December 12, 1914, from a portion of Crook County.The county owes much of its agricultural prosperity to the railroad, which links Madras with the Columbia River, and was completed in 1911, and to the development of irrigation projects in the late 1930s.
Madras Municipal Airport covers an area of 2,098 acres (849 ha) at an elevation of 2,437 feet (743 m) above mean sea level.It has two asphalt paved runways: 16/34 is 5,091 by 75 feet (1,552 x 23 m) and 4/22 is 2,701 by 50 feet (823 x 15 m).
The collection moved to a new 65,000 sq ft (6,000 m 2) facility at the Madras Municipal Airport in Madras, Oregon in May 2014. [4] [5] The collection repainted its B-17 as Ye Olde Pub in 2019. [6] [a] Shortly after being purchased by the Mid-America Flight Museum in 2020, a B-17G from the Lone Star Flight Museum was ferried to the museum for an ...
Madras, Oregon; This page is a redirect. The following categories are used to track and monitor this redirect: From a US postal abbreviation: ...
People from Madras, Oregon (9 P) Pages in category "Madras, Oregon" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
For people who were born in or spent significant time in the city of Madras, Oregon, United States. Pages in category "People from Madras, Oregon" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
This is a list of mayors of the 25 largest cities in Oregon. ... City Mayor Serving since Notes 1 Portland: Ted Wheeler: January 1, 2017 [1] [2] 2 Salem: Chris Hoy [3 ...