Cairo, Oregon
Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
43°59′46″N 117°00′33″W / 43.99611°N 117.00917°W / 43.99611; -117.00917Cairo is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.[1] Its elevation is 2,192 feet (668 m) above sea level.[1] It is about 4 miles (6 km) southwest of Ontario and a half mile north of Cairo Junction, where U.S. Route 20 and U.S. Route 26, running concurrently with Oregon Route 201, turn south towards Nyssa.[2] Route 201 also continues north from Cairo Junction through Cairo and towards Ontario.[2]
Cairo was a station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad (OSL) to Vale.[3] The OSL line is now part of the Union Pacific mainline. Cairo Elementary School in Cairo Junction is part of the Ontario School District; the school was built in 1957.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "Cairo". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
- ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 79, 83. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ Avers, Henry G. (1926). "First-Level Ordering in Oregon" (PDF). United States Department of Commerce: United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Retrieved December 22, 2009.
- ^ "Cairo Elementary School". Ontario School District. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
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