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Durkee, Oregon
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905.[2] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84.[3] Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson. It one of Baker County's largest private employers.[4][5]
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Durkee, Oregon | |
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![]() Café in Durkee | |
Coordinates: 44°34′56″N 117°27′53″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Baker |
Elevation | 2,651 ft (808 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
GNIS feature ID | 1136236[1] |
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Durkee was originally a stage stop called Express, and by the 1860s it was the only transfer point between Umatilla, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho. It prospered as a water stop and telegraph station for the railroad, and later as a stop on Highway 30, the only paved road in the area. The community was platted in 1908, even though the population had already peaked.[6]