Copper, Jackson County, Oregon

Copper
—  Ghost town  —
Copper
Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Oregon
County Jackson
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID 1140097[1]

Copper is a former community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.[1] Copper was located about a mile north of the Oregon-California border, near the mouth of Carberry Creek.[2] Copper was named for the copper mining in the region, including at the Blue Ledge mine just over the state line in California.[2] The town had a post office from 1924 until 1932.[2]

The townsite was inundated in 1980 when Applegate Lake was formed by damming the Applegate River.[3]

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