Durkee, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

44°34′56″N 117°27′53″W / 44.58222°N 117.46472°W / 44.58222; -117.46472CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyBakerElevation

2,651 ft (808 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)Area code(s)458 and 541GNIS feature ID1136236^[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]

Education

In 1969 the local school had nine students.^[7]

References

^ "Durkee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
^ Zip Code Lookup
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durkee, Oregon
^ Jacoby, Jayson (March 17, 2014). "U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Visits Baker City". Baker City Herald. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
^ Miller, Jeremy (January 11, 2010). "Mountains of Mercury". High Country News. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
^ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 51. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.
^ "Desert School Enrolls 2". Statesman Journal. Salem, Oregon. January 1, 1969. p. 5 of Section 1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.