Nelson, Oregon

Nelson is an unincorporated historic locale in Baker County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 4 miles southeast of Durkee on U.S. Route 30/Interstate 84.[2]

Nelson is 15 miles northwest of Lime on the Burnt River and was the source of the limestone deposits used by the cement plant at Lime when the local deposits were depleted.[3] A cement plant built in Nelson in 1979 replaced the one at Lime, which closed in 1980.[3] The cement plant at Nelson closed temporarily in 2009, but as of 2014 it was operating again.[4][5] The Ash Grove Cement Company refers to the plant as their Durkee plant.

Nelson is located on the Union Pacific Railroad mainline's Huntington Subdivision. The subdivision was originally owned by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company. The tracks were built here from 1882 to 1884.

References

  1. ↑ "Nelson (historic)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 578. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
  4. ↑ Zaitz, Les (September 30, 2009). "Oregon cement plant shutting down, cutting 68 jobs". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
  5. ↑ Jacoby, Jayson (March 17, 2014). "U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Visits Baker City". Baker City Herald. Retrieved March 29, 2014.

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Coordinates: 44°32′23″N 117°25′08″W / 44.5396054°N 117.4188045°W