Ordnance, Oregon

Ordnance
—  Ghost town  —
Ordnance Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates: 45°47′48″N 119°25′01″W / 45.79667°N 119.41694°W / 45.79667; -119.41694Coordinates: 45°47′48″N 119°25′01″W / 45.79667°N 119.41694°W / 45.79667; -119.41694
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Umatilla
Elevation	587 ft (179 m)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
– Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes	97882
Area code(s)	541
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID	1136600

Ordnance is a ghost town in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, southwest of Hermiston on Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30, near the intersection with Interstate 82. According to Oregon Geographic Names, the United States Department of War commissioned the establishment of Umatilla Ordnance Depot (renamed Umatilla Army Depot and currently Umatilla Chemical Depot) in northern Umatilla County in 1941. The town was named after the depot, and Ordnance post office was established in 1943. By the 1960s, Ordnance was no longer a community.^[1]

See also

• List of ghost towns in Oregon

References

1. ^ Fuzi, Donna (April 8, 1999). "Oral history". Center for Columbia River History. http://www.ccrh.org/comm/umatilla/oralhis/donfuzi.htm. Retrieved October 16, 2011. 

External links

• Historic photo of the Umatilla Ordnance Depot from the Oregon Historical Society
• History of the depot from the Center for Columbia River History