- Riley, Oregon
Riley, Oregon is an unincorporated community located in Harney County,
Oregon ,United States . Riley is about 28 miles west of the county seat Burns, at the crossroads ofU.S. Highway 395 andU.S. Highway 20 , milepost 104.Elevation of Riley, Oregon is 4,290' above sea level.
Its population is very small and comes almost entirely from the area ranches and farms.Fact|date=June 2007 Farming in the area consists mainly of
alfalfa ,hay , and root crops. [ [http://www.harneycounty.com/CatlowValley/Riley.htm Harney County Chamber of Commerce: Riley] ]A post office named Riley was established in about 1885, and was named for stockman Amos Riley of the
ranch ing partnership Riley and Hardin.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 = 812] [ [http://www.co.harney.or.us/PDF_Files/Harney%20County%20Comprehensive%20%20Plan%202002.pdf Harney County Comprehensive Plan] ] Previously there was a Hardin post office located about 75 miles northwest of Riley, so the people who lived on Silver Creek suggested the new post office be called Riley. Riley post office was closed in 1919, but was reopened in 1949 after an office called "Suntex" was closed.The Oregon Department of Transportation has a camera for road and weather conditions located at the intersection of U.S. 20 and U.S. 395 in Riley, facing west-northwest [ [http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?mainNav=RoadConditions&curRegion=5 TripCheck - Road Cams, Road & Weather Conditions in Oregon - ODOT ] ] .
Points of interest
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Chickahominy Reservoir References
* [http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?mainNav=RoadConditions&curRegion=5 http://www.tripcheck.com/Pages/RCMap.asp?mainNav=RoadConditions&curRegion=5]
External links
* [http://www.harneycountyeconomicdevelopment.com/Riley.htm Riley, Oregon: A Brief History] from Harney County Economic Development
* [http://www.harneycounty.com/CatlowValley/Riley.htm History of Riley from Harney County Chamber of Commerce]
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