Dixie, Grant County, Oregon

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Dixie is an unincorporated historic community in Grant County, Oregon, United States. [1] It was a station on the Sumpter Valley Railway near Dixie Summit. [2] The station was named for Dixie Creek, a tributary of the John Day River near Prairie City. [2] The creek was named for the many gold miners from the U.S. South (nicknamed "Dixie") who worked claims on the creek. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Dixie (historical)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 293. ISBN   978-0875952772.

44°32′00″N118°34′39″W / 44.533214°N 118.577446°W / 44.533214; -118.577446

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