Durkee, Oregon

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Durkee, Oregon
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Durkee, Oregon
Coordinates: 44°34′56″N117°27′53″W / 44.58222°N 117.46472°W / 44.58222; -117.46472 Coordinates: 44°34′56″N117°27′53″W / 44.58222°N 117.46472°W / 44.58222; -117.46472
Country United States
State Oregon
County Baker
Elevation
2,651 ft (808 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1136236 [1]

Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905. [2] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84. [3] Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson. It one of Baker County's largest private employers. [4] [5]

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Durkee was originally a stage stop called Express, and by the 1860s it was the only transfer point between Umatilla, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho. It prospered as a water stop and telegraph station for the railroad, and later as a stop on Highway 30, the only paved road in the area. The community was platted in 1908, even though the population had already peaked. [6]

Education

In 1969 the local school had nine students. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Durkee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durkee, Oregon
  4. ↑ Jacoby, Jayson (March 17, 2014). "U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Visits Baker City". Baker City Herald . Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ Miller, Jeremy (January 11, 2010). "Mountains of Mercury". High Country News . Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 51. ISBN   0-87595-073-6.
  7. ↑ "Desert School Enrolls 2". Statesman Journal . Salem, Oregon. 1969-01-01. p. 5 of Section 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
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