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Durkee, Oregon

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Baker

Time zone
  
Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)

Local time
  
Tuesday 11:19 PM

State
  
Oregon

Elevation
  
2,651 ft (808 m)

Area code(s)
  
458 and 541


Weather
  
5°C, Wind SE at 23 km/h, 78% Humidity

Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905. Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84. 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.

Map of Durkee, OR 97905, USA

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.

References

Durkee, Oregon Wikipedia


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