Durkee, Oregon | |
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 Café in Durkee in 2008 | |
  Durkee Location in the United States  Durkee Location in Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 44°34′56″N 117°27′53″W / 44.58222°N 117.46472°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Baker |
| Elevation | 2,651 ft (808 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136236[1] |
Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905.[2] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84.[3] Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson. It is one of Baker County's largest private employers;[4][5] opened in 1979, it succeeded the plant near Lime.
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.[6]
- ^ "Durkee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
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- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durkee, Oregon
- ^ Jacoby, Jayson (March 17, 2014). "U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Visits Baker City". Baker City Herald. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ Miller, Jeremy (January 11, 2010). "Mountains of Mercury". High Country News. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 51. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.