Suntex, Oregon

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Suntex, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Suntex
Coordinates: 43°35′27″N119°37′49″W / 43.59083°N 119.63028°W / 43.59083; -119.63028
Country United States
State Oregon
County Harney
Elevation
4,308 ft (1,313 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code 541
Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey [1]

Suntex is an unincorporated community in Harney County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was established with the placement of a post office in the valley of Silver Creek west of Burns and north of U.S. Route 20. [2]

The Suntex post office was set up in 1916 and closed in 1949, after which Suntex mail was handled through the post office in Riley. W. F. Sturges, the first postmaster at Suntex, said that postal authorities had assigned the name "Suntex", which had no local significance, for reasons he was unaware of. [3]

There is still a small cluster of buildings at Suntex.

Education

The zoned K-8 school is Suntex Elementary School. [4] The previous campus was destroyed in a 1978 fire. [5]

High school students are zoned to Crane Union High School, [6] of Harney County Union High School District 1J. [7]

Harney County is not in a community college district but has a "contract out of district" (COD) with Treasure Valley Community College. [8] TVCC operates the Burns Outreach Center in Burns. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Suntex". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  2. ↑ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 4, 2016– via Acme Mapper.
  3. ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 925. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
  4. ↑ "Education". Harney County Economic Development. Retrieved July 15, 2022. Suntex Elementary School 68178 Silver Creek Road Riley, OR 97758
  5. ↑ "School burns". Corvallis Gazette-Times . Corvallis, Oregon. Associated Press. May 20, 1978. p. 26. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "CUHS Rural Feeder School Districts". Crane Union High School. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  7. ↑ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Harney County, OR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau . Retrieved July 15, 2022. - Text list
  8. ↑ "Oregon Community Colleges and Community College Districts" (PDF). Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development . Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Burns Outreach Center". Treasure Valley Community College . Retrieved July 17, 2022.


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