Keating, Oregon

Keating, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Keating, Oregon is located in Oregon
Keating, Oregon
Keating, Oregon
Keating, Oregon is located in the United States
Keating, Oregon
Keating, Oregon
Coordinates: 44°52′27″N 117°35′26″W / 44.87417°N 117.59056°W / 44.87417; -117.59056
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyBaker
Elevation
2,723 ft (830 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1122641[1]

Keating is an unincorporated community in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Keating lies off Keating Road north of its interchange with Oregon Route 86.[2] Keating is northeast of Baker City.[2]

The community was named for an early settler named "Uncle Tom" Keating, a former British sailor who acquired land at this location. A post office operated here from 1880 to 1975.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Keating". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 79. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 525. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.


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