Durkee, Oregon

Durkee, Oregon
Unincorporated community

Café in Durkee
Durkee, Oregon
Durkee, Oregon
Coordinates: 44°34′56″N 117°27′53″W / 44.58222°N 117.46472°W / 44.58222; -117.46472Coordinates: 44°34′56″N 117°27′53″W / 44.58222°N 117.46472°W / 44.58222; -117.46472
Country United States
State Oregon
County Baker
Elevation 2,651 ft (808 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID 1136236[1]

Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905.[2] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84.[3] Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson. It one of Baker County's largest private employers.[4][5]

Durkee was originally a stage stop called Express, and by the 1860s it was the only transfer point between Umatilla, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho. It prospered as a water stop and telegraph station for the railroad, and later as a stop on Highway 30, the only paved road in the area. The community was platted in 1908, even though the population had already peaked.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Durkee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durkee, Oregon
  4. ↑ Jacoby, Jayson (March 17, 2014). "U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Visits Baker City". Baker City Herald. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ Miller, Jeremy (January 11, 2010). "Mountains of Mercury". High Country News. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 51. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.
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