Wiki Article

Mayger, Oregon

Nguồn dữ liệu từ Wikipedia, hiển thị bởi DefZone.Net

Mayger, Oregon
Mayger is located in Oregon
Mayger
Mayger
Mayger is located in the United States
Mayger
Mayger
Coordinates: 46°09′47″N 123°06′29″W / 46.163°N 123.108°W / 46.163; -123.108
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyColumbia
Elevation
141 ft (43 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97016
Area codes503 and 971

Mayger is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.[1] Fishing is important to Mayger.[2] It was originally the site of Frenchman Charles Mayger's Mayger Logging Company, which he sold in 1886 to William F. Slaughter.[3][4] Mayger's post office was established three years later and its first postmaster was Charles Mayger. It closed in 1961.[4][5] Mayger is served by the Clatskanie, Oregon post office.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Mayger". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ "Mayger, Oregon". Travel Oregon. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
  3. ^ Gaston, Joseph (1911). Portland, Oregon, its history and builders. Portland: S.J. Clarke Pub. Co. p. 57. ISBN 1-150-58471-8. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)
  4. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) [1928]. Oregon geographic names. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 619. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  5. ^ Topinka, Lyn. "Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Mayger, Oregon". Columbia River Images. Retrieved October 31, 2010.