Durkee, Oregon

Café in Durkee

Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905.^[1] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84.^[2]

Durkee was originally a stage stop called Express, and by the 1860s it was the only transfer point between Umatilla and Boise. It prospered as a water stop and telegraph station for the railroad, and even later as a stop on Highway 30, the only paved road in the area. It was platted in 1908, even though the population had already peaked.^[3]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Durkee has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.^[4]

References

1. ↑ Zip Code Lookup
2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Durkee, Oregon
3. ↑ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. p. 51. ISBN 0-87595-073-6. 
4. ↑ Climate Summary for Durkee, Oregon

External links

• Photo of fields in and around Durkee by Gary Halvorson, Oregon State Archives

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Coordinates: 44°34′56″N 117°27′53″W / 44.582105°N 117.464642°W / 44.582105; -117.464642