Mayger, Oregon

Mayger, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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

  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.
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