Starkey, Oregon

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Starkey is an unincorporated community in Union County, Oregon, United States, about 26 miles southwest of La Grande. [1] It is about two miles south of Oregon Route 244 in the Blue Mountains.

Starkey post office was established in 1879 and named after the first postmaster, John Starkey, who settled in the area in the 1870s. [2] The originally proposed name, Daleyville, was rejected. [3] The post office closed in 1935. [2]

Starkey was the headquarters of the Mount Emily Lumber Company. [4] The population was 50 in 1919 and 75 in 1931. [4] The town went through a significant population boom by 1940 because of a portable logging operation, [5] but the townsite was liquidated by the Valsetz Lumber Company in 1955. [2] Today Starkey has a store and a cemetery.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Starkey". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-01-11.
  2. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 909. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  3. ↑ Barklow, Irene (1987). From Trails to Rails: The Post Offices, Stage Stops and Wagon Roads of Union County. Enterprise, Oregon: Enchantments Publishing of Oregon. p. 239. ISBN   0-9618185-0-6.
  4. 1 2 Carlson, Linda (2003). Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: University of Washington Press. p. 237. ISBN   0-295-98332-9. Archived from the original on 2009-01-19.
  5. ↑ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 28. ISBN   0-87595-073-6.

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