Wingville, Oregon

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Wingville, Oregon
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Wingville, Oregon
Coordinates: 44°50′23″N117°55′18″W / 44.83972°N 117.92167°W / 44.83972; -117.92167 Coordinates: 44°50′23″N117°55′18″W / 44.83972°N 117.92167°W / 44.83972; -117.92167
Country United States
State Oregon
County Baker
Elevation
3,402 ft (1,037 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1129233 [1]

Wingville is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. [1] Wingville lies at the intersection of Wingville Lane and Old Wingville Road northwest of Baker City and northeast of Pocahontas. [2]

The community's name stemmed from a derisive term for former soldiers of the Confederate States Army who had served during the American Civil War under Sterling Price, a major general, and who later emigrated to Oregon. Sometimes collectively referred to as a wing of Price's army, a group of them settled in Baker County after the war. [3]

Wingville had a post office from June 23, 1871, through July 1879. John R. McLain was the first postmaster. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Wingville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. "Wingville". ACME Labs. Retrieved November 10, 2016 via ACME mapper.
  3. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 1051. ISBN   978-0875952772.