Wingville, Oregon

Wingville, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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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 ID	1129233 [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]

References

1. "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. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 1051. ISBN   978-0875952772.