Hager, Oregon

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Hager, Oregon
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Hager
Hager (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°11′29″N121°42′01″W / 42.19139°N 121.70028°W / 42.19139; -121.70028
Country United States
State Oregon
County Klamath
Elevation
4,173 ft (1,272 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1136350 [1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System [1]

Hager is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is between Klamath Falls and Olene along Oregon Route 39 and Oregon Route 140. [2]

Hager had a station on the Oregon, California and Eastern Railway, which by 1927 reached from Klamath Falls to Bly. [3] A 1941 timetable lists Hager as the second stop east of Klamath Falls between it and Pine Grove. [4] After 1990, the rail line passing through Hager became part of a rail trail, the OC&E Woods Line State Trail, managed by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Hager". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 70. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. 1 2 "OC&E Woods Line State Trail" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 24, 2016. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
  4. Culp, Edwin D. (1978). Stations West: The Story of the Oregon Railways. New York: Bonanza Books. pp. 160–62. OCLC   4751643.