Mayger, Oregon

Mayger, Oregon
—  Unincorporated community  —
Mayger, Oregon
Coordinates: 46°09′47″N 123°06′29″W / 46.163°N 123.108°W / 46.163; -123.108Coordinates: 46°09′47″N 123°06′29″W / 46.163°N 123.108°W / 46.163; -123.108
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Columbia
Elevation	141 ft (43 m)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	97016
Area code(s)	503 and 971

Mayger is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.^[1] Fishing is important to Mayger.^[2] It was originally the site of Frenchman Charles Mayger's Mayger Logging Company, which he sold in 1886 to William F. Slaughter.^[3][4] Mayger's post office was established three years later and its first postmaster was Charles Mayger. It closed in 1961.^[5][4] Mayger is served by the Clatskanie, Oregon post office.

References

1. ^ "Mayger". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1123873. 
2. ^ "Mayger, Oregon". Travel Oregon. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
3. ^ Gaston, Joseph (1911). Portland, Oregon, its history and builders. Portland: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. p. 57. ISBN 1150584718. 
4. ^ ^{a b} McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003 [1928]). Oregon geographic names. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 619. ISBN 0-87595-277-1. 
5. ^ Topinka, Lyn. "Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Mayger, Oregon". Columbia River Images. Retrieved October 31, 2010.