Mayger, Oregon

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Mayger, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Mayger
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Mayger
Coordinates: 46°09′47″N123°06′29″W / 46.163°N 123.108°W / 46.163; -123.108
Country United States
State Oregon
County Columbia
Elevation
141 ft (43 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97016
Area codes 503 and 971

Mayger is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. [1] Fishing is important to Mayger. [2] It was originally the site of Frenchman Charles Mayger's Mayger Logging Company, which he sold in 1886 to William F. Slaughter. [3] [4] Mayger's post office was established three years later and its first postmaster was Charles Mayger. It closed in 1961. [4] [5] Mayger is served by the Clatskanie, Oregon post office.

References

  1. ↑ "Mayger". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Mayger, Oregon". Travel Oregon. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  3. ↑ Gaston, Joseph (1911). Portland, Oregon, its history and builders. Portland: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. p.  57. ISBN   1-150-58471-8.{{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) [1928]. Oregon geographic names. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 619. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
  5. ↑ Topinka, Lyn. "Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Mayger, Oregon" [ usurped ]. Columbia River Images. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
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