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McEwen, Oregon
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
McEwen is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.[1] McEwen lies on Oregon Route 7 east of its interchange with Oregon Route 410.[2] McEwen is about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Sumpter along the Powder River.[2]
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McEwen, Oregon | |
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Coordinates: 44°42′03″N 118°06′17″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Baker |
Elevation | 4,150 ft (1,260 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
GNIS feature ID | 1136524[1] |
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McEwen was founded as a logging town, platted in 1891, and then was a rail stop on the Sumpter Valley Railway.[3] It was named after a Mormon missionary who converted Charles W. Nibley's parents to the LDS Church.[4]
Oregon Geographic Names links the community name to Thomas McEwen, a settler who filed a land claim here in 1888. The McEwen post office opened in 1893 and closed in 1943.[5]