Eightmile, Oregon

Eightmile, Oregon

Eightmile is an unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 206 (the Wasco-Heppner Highway).

The town was named by pioneer ranchers after its location on Eightmile Canyon, which was so named because its mouth was about eight miles up Willow Creek from the Columbia River.cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors = Lewis L. McArthur
title = Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland, Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages =
] Eightmile post office was established in 1883 and closed in 1941.

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* [http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=3435&REC=1 Historic image of the road between Lonerock and Eightmile] from Salem Public Library


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