- Crane, Oregon
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Crane, Oregon — Unincorporated community — Crane Post Office
Coordinates: 43°24′55″N 118°34′42″W / 43.41528°N 118.57833°WCoordinates: 43°24′55″N 118°34′42″W / 43.41528°N 118.57833°W Country United States State Oregon County Harney Elevation 4,134 ft (1,260 m) Time zone PST (UTC-8) – Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7) ZIP codes 97732 Area code(s) 541 Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[1] Crane is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States, northeast of Malheur Lake on Oregon Route 78.
Crane was named for the prominent local features Crane Creek and Crane Creek Gap.[2] Crane Creek Gap is the pass between the Harney Basin and the drainage basin of the South Fork Malheur River.[2] Crane Creek is probably named for the Sandhill Crane, which was once abundant in Eastern Oregon.[2] Crane post office was established in 1895 and discontinued in 1903.[2] When the Union Pacific[3] railroad was completed from Ontario, Oregon, in 1916, the post office was reopened.[2]
Until the railroad was finished to Burns in 1924, Crane was an important livestock shipping point,[2] and the town was thriving with its five restaurants, four hotels, three garages, two general merchandise stores, a warehouse, a lumber yard, livery stables, a dance hall, a newspaper, a bank and a movie theater.[3] After a series of fires, the latest in 1938, however, the town never returned to its former prosperity.[3] As of 2011, the businesses in Crane included a post office, a service station, a café and tavern, a farm supply store, and a local realtor.[3]
Crane Union High School and Crane Elementary School are in Crane. The high school, which draws students from a large rural district, is a boarding school.[3]
References
- ^ "Crane". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1119506. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
- ^ a b c d e f McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ a b c d e "Crane Rural Community: A Brief History". Harney County Economic Development. http://www.harneycounty.org/Crane.html. Retrieved July 24, 2011.
External links
- Historic photo of Crane railroad depot from Salem Public Library
Municipalities and communities of Harney County, Oregon Cities 
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communitiesIndian reservation Burns Paiute Indian Reservation
Categories:- Unincorporated communities in Harney County, Oregon
- Census-designated places in Oregon
- Oregon geography stubs
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