Miller, Oregon

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Miller, Oregon
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Miller, Oregon
Coordinates: 45°38′22″N120°53′33″W / 45.639570°N 120.892560°W / 45.639570; -120.892560
Country United States
State Oregon
County Sherman
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)

Miller is a former community in Sherman County, Oregon, United States, established circa 1860. [1] It was named for Thomas Jefferson Miller, [2] a settler of the area, also for which Miller Island on the Columbia River takes its name. [1] Miller is contemporarily considered a ghost town. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (1974) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (4th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 492. OCLC   1135868.
  2. "Sherman County Milestones". Sherman County, Oregon. Archived from the original on August 19, 2019.
  3. "Ghost Towns of the Old West". Sherman County, Oregon . Archived from the original on August 19, 2019.