Durkee, Oregon
Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905.[1] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84.[2] 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.[3][4]
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.[5]
References
- ↑ Zip Code Lookup
- ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durkee, Oregon
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External links
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