Encina, Oregon

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Encina is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.^[1] Encina is 3 miles west of Durkee, 5 miles west of Huntington, and 8 miles east of La Grande. Encina is situated at the mainline of the Union Pacific Railroad's Huntington Subdivision between La Grande and Huntington, Oregon. Encina is the summit of the Huntington Subdivision mainline. There is also a railroad horseshoe curve known as Oxman Curve near the former town of Oxman.^{[citation needed]} The tracks that go through Encina were originally owned by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company that built the railroad from 1882 to 1884.^{[citation needed]} A post office existed here but was closed and torn down at some point.^{[citation needed]}

References

↑ "Encina, Oregon". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved December 30, 2013.

v t e Municipalities and communities of Baker County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Baker City

Cities	Baker City Greenhorn Haines Halfway Huntington Richland Sumpter Unity

Unincorporated communities	Bridgeport Brownlee Carson Dixie Durkee Encina Hereford Homestead Hutchinson Jimtown Keating Lime Little Alps McEwen New Bridge Oxbow Pine Pleasant Valley Rock Creek Salisbury Sparta Weatherby Whitney Wingville

Ghost towns	Auburn Bourne Copperfield Cornucopia Nelson Robinette Pocahontas

Coordinates: 44°41′30″N 117°41′29″W / 44.69167°N 117.69139°W / 44.69167; -117.69139

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