Durkee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office with the ZIP code of 97905.[2] Durkee lies at the Vandercar Road exit of Interstate 84.[3] Durkee is known as the site of Oregon's only cement plant, the Ash Grove Cement Company plant in nearby Nelson. It one of Baker County's largest private employers.[4][5]

Durkee, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Café in Durkee
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Coordinates: 44°34′56″N 117°27′53″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Baker
Elevation	2,651 ft (808 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	458 and 541
GNIS feature ID	1136236[1]

Durkee was originally a stage stop called Express, and by the 1860s it was the only transfer point between Umatilla, Oregon, and Boise, Idaho. It prospered as a water stop and telegraph station for the railroad, and later as a stop on Highway 30, the only paved road in the area. The community was platted in 1908, even though the population had already peaked.[6]

Education

In 1969 the local school had nine students.[7]

References

External links

• Media related to Durkee, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons