Flora, Oregon

Flora, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Flora, Oregon, in 2008
Flora, Oregon, in 2008
Flora, Oregon is located in Oregon
Flora, Oregon
Flora, Oregon
Coordinates: 45°54′01″N 117°18′36″W / 45.90028°N 117.31000°W / 45.90028; -117.31000[1]
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyWallowa
Elevation
[1]
4,350 ft (1,330 m)

Flora is an unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 35 miles north of Enterprise, just off Oregon Route 3, and is considered a ghost town. Its elevation is 4350 ft.[1] The community includes 6 mines.[2]

History

The school in Flora

Flora was platted on April 7, 1897.[3] By 1910, it had a population of 200 residents and an eight-room school. It is considered "the most substantial town to fail" in the Northeast Oregon region.[3]

The community was named after the daughter of the first postmaster, A. D. Buzzard.[4] Flora post office operated from 1890–1966.[4] The Flora School, built in 1915, is on the National Register of Historic Places.[5] Now known as the Flora School Education Center, the schoolhouse has been restored as a pioneer arts education center.[6][7]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Flora". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
  2. ^ "Flora, Oregon Mining Claims And Mines". The Diggings™. Retrieved July 27, 2020.
  3. ^ a b Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. pp. 55–58. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.
  4. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  5. ^ "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 19, 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved January 8, 2010.
  6. ^ [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2005-01-13. Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ [1] Archived June 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine


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