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Valby, Oregon

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Country
  
United States

County
  
Morrow

Area code(s)
  
458 and 541

Elevation
  
728 m

State
  
Oregon

Time zone
  
Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)

GNIS feature ID
  
1136860

Valby, Oregon

Valby is an unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States. Valby is the site of a Swedish Lutheran church, built in 1897 by settlers of Swedish descent 5 miles (8 km) north of Eightmile. The place name valby or vallby is Swedish for a community of sheepherders. Eightmile is along Oregon Route 206 between Condon and Heppner.

In 1983, an article in The Oregonian described the church and congregation as they were then. About 35 people, many of them descendants of the church founders, were traveling from as far away as 20 miles (32 km) to attend Sunday services conducted by a pastor from Heppner.

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Valby, Oregon Wikipedia