Christmas Valley, Oregon

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Christmas Valley is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Oregon, United States. According to Oregon Geographic Names, Christmas Valley, named after nearby Christmas Lake, was a real estate development started after World War II, with a post office established in 1963 as a rural station of Silver Lake. In 1961, developer M. Penn Phillips laid out the townsite including its fanciful holiday street names, a water system, a golf course, an artificial lake, Baert Lake, and an airport. Over the years, new growth has included a lodge, taverns, restaurants, library, health care facilities, volunteer fire department, and emergency medical services. The population was 749 at the 2000 censusGR2.

The community is the site of the Christmas Valley Airport.


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