New Pine Creek, Oregon

New Pine Creek, Oregon
Census-designated place
New Pine Creek store
New Pine Creek store
New Pine Creek is located in Oregon
New Pine Creek
New Pine Creek
New Pine Creek is located in the United States
New Pine Creek
New Pine Creek
Coordinates: 41°59′39″N 120°17′50″W / 41.99417°N 120.29722°W / 41.99417; -120.29722
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLake
Named forPine Creek
Area
[1]
 • Total
2.48 sq mi (6.41 km2)
 • Land2.48 sq mi (6.41 km2)
 • Water0.00 sq mi (0.00 km2)
Elevation
4,842 ft (1,476 m)
Population
 (2020)[2]
 • Total
111
 • Density44.81/sq mi (17.30/km2)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97635
Area code541
FIPS code41-52400
Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[3]

New Pine Creek is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lake County, Oregon, United States.[3] As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 120.[4] it has a post office with a ZIP code 97635.[5] New Pine Creek lies on U.S. Route 395 at the Oregon–California border, just north of New Pine Creek, California, and east of Goose Lake.

West of town is the Goose Lake State Recreation Area, along Stateline Road near the lake. The north–south running Lake County Railroad passes near the recreation area. East of town is the Fremont National Forest.[6]

Thought to be Lake County's oldest settlement, New Pine Creek was originally to be named "Pine Creek" after a nearby stream. However, since another community was already using that name, postal authorities preferred an alternative. The New Pine Creek post office opened in 1876. S. A. Hamersley was the first postmaster.[7]

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
189065—
190011170.8%
191017557.7%
192031881.7%
1930142−55.3%
2020111—
source:[8][2]

New Pine Creek is the southernmost settlement in the state of Oregon, accepted as part of the state despite being south of the 42nd parallel boundary line nominally separating Oregon from California. This line was set as the boundary between what were then Oregon Country and New Spain by the Adams–Onís Treaty (effective 1821), and maintained when Oregon and California were admitted as states. However, a surveying error in 1868 caused part of New Pine Creek to be placed in Oregon.[9] Delegations from California and Oregon held talks on the issue in 1984 after the error was discovered,[10] but did not ultimately change New Pine Creek's status.

  1. ^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  3. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: New Pine Creek, Oregon
  4. ^ "Total Population: 2010 Census DEC Summary File 1 (P1), New Pine Creek CDP, Oregon". data.census.gov. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved August 18, 2020.
  5. ^ "Search Results for New Pine Creek". C. D. Light, L.L.C. Retrieved July 30, 2013.
  6. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 84. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  7. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 701. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  8. ^ Moffatt, Riley Moore (1996). Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-8108-3033-2.
  9. ^ "Oregon-California border dispute aired". United Press International. September 26, 1984.
  10. ^ Barnard, Jeff (May 19, 1985). "California-Oregon Dispute: Border Fight Has Townfolk on Edge". Los Angeles Times.