Cairo, Oregon

Cairo is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.[1] Its elevation is 2192 feet (668 m).[1] It is about four miles (6 km) southwest of Ontario and a half mile north of Cairo Junction, an intersection where U.S. Route 20/U.S. Route 26, running concurrently with Oregon Route 201, turn south towards Nyssa. OR 201 also continues north from Cairo Junction through Cairo and towards Ontario. Cairo was a station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad to Ontario.[2] It is now part of the Union Pacific mainline, which continues along the former ORN&N line to Portland. Cairo Elementary School in Cairo Junction is part of the Ontario School District; the school was started in 1957.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Cairo". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1118451. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
  2. ^ Avers, Henry G. (1926). "First-Level Ordering in Oregon". United States Department of Commerce: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey. http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/cgs_specpubs/QB275U35no1221926.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
  3. ^ "Cairo Elementary School". Ontario School District. http://www.ontario.k12.or.us/cairo/index.html. Retrieved 2009-12-22. 
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