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Auburn is a ghost town in rural Baker County, Oregon, United States.[2][3] Auburn lies off Oregon Route 7 southwest of Baker City and east of McEwen on the edge of the Blue Mountains.
Auburn, Oregon | |
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Former unincorporated community | |
  Auburn, Oregon  Auburn, Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 44°41′58″N 117°56′43″W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Baker |
| Elevation | 4,213 ft (1,284 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area codes | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136017[1] |
Auburn is deserted today, but the former gold mining boomtown was once the largest community in Eastern Oregon.[4] Auburn only had one or two buildings until 1861, when gold was discovered in the area.[4] By September 1862, Auburn had grown into a full-fledged town with over 20 stores and 1000 homes to serve the mining industry.[4][5] In that month the Oregon Legislative Assembly made Auburn the first county seat of Baker County, but by the 1870s Auburn was largely deserted,[4] with a population of 200 people in 1873.[5]
The post office, the first in northeast Oregon, closed in 1903.[5] It had opened on November 1, 1862, with William F. McCrary as the first postmaster.[6]
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