Dufur, Oregon

Dufur, Oregon
—  City  —
Location in Oregon
Coordinates: 45°27′12″N 121°7′38″W / 45.45333°N 121.12722°W / 45.45333; -121.12722Coordinates: 45°27′12″N 121°7′38″W / 45.45333°N 121.12722°W / 45.45333; -121.12722
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Wasco
Incorporated	1893
Government
– Mayor	Arthur Smith
Area
– Total	0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2)
– Land	0.6 sq mi (1.5 km2)
– Water	0 sq mi (0 km2)
Elevation	1,345 ft (410 m)
Population (2000)
– Total	588
– Density	1,007.5/sq mi (391.4/km2)
Time zone	Pacific (UTC-8)
– Summer (DST)	Pacific (UTC-7)
ZIP code	97021
Area code(s)	458 and 541
FIPS code	41-20900[1]
GNIS feature ID	1120201[2]
Website	cityofdufur.org

Dufur is a city in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. The population was 588 at the 2000 census. It is a farming community, with wheat being an important crop, along with tree fruit and grapes.

Dufur was incorporated on February 10, 1893^[3] and named after Andrew Dufur and his brother Enoch Burnham Dufur. In 1859 they began raising stock on 600 acres (2.4 km²) of land located where the city now stands.^{[citation needed]}

On the second full weekend of August, Dufur holds its annual Threshing Bee, a harvest festival celebrating the local agricultural economy. The festival includes demonstrations of horse-drawn harvesting equipment, and a steam tractor that powers a belt-driven threshing machine.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km²), all of it land.

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 588 people, 244 households, and 173 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,007.5 people per square mile (391.4/km²). There were 265 housing units at an average density of 454.1 per square mile (176.4/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 97.45% White, 0.68% Native American, 0.34% from other races, and 1.53% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.36% of the population.

There were 244 households out of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 57.8% were married couples living together, 8.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 26.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.41 and the average family size was 2.89.

In the city the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 4.4% from 18 to 24, 21.9% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 18.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 103.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.8 males.

Namesake, Enoch Dufur

The median income for a household in the city was $37,500, and the median income for a family was $41,667. Males had a median income of $34,375 versus $19,792 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,615. About 5.2% of families and 8.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.4% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.

See also

• Great Southern Railroad
• U.S. Route 197

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "American FactFinder". United States Census Bureau. http://factfinder.census.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
2. ^ "US Board on Geographic Names". United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25. http://geonames.usgs.gov. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
3. ^ Leeds, W. H. (1899). "Special Laws". The State of Oregon General and Special Laws and Joint Resolutions and Memorials Enacted and Adopted by the Twentieth Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly (Salem, Oregon: State Printer): 1055. http://books.google.com/?id=gsCwAAAAIAAJ&dq=%22ocean%20grove%22%20seaside%20oregon&pg=PA1055. 

External links

• Entry for Dufur in the Oregon Blue Book
• Zopf, Nancy. Dufur in the Oregon Encyclopedia