Country United States County Morrow GNIS feature ID 1136248 Local time Tuesday 5:07 PM | State Oregon Time zone Pacific (UTC-8) Elevation 829 m Area code 541 | |
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Weather 6°C, Wind N at 29 km/h, 89% Humidity |
Eightmile is an unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 206 (the Wasco–Heppner Highway), at an elevation of 2,720 feet (830 m).
Map of Eightmile, OR 97836, USA
The town was named by pioneer ranchers after its location on Eightmile Canyon, which was so named because its mouth was about 8 miles (13 km) up Willow Creek from the Columbia River. Eightmile's post office was established in 1883 and closed in 1941.
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Eightmile, Oregon Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA