Friend is an unincorporated community in Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Considered a ghost town, little remains of the community except the Friend Store, a one-room schoolhouse, and a cemetery.[2][3]

Friend, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 45°20′48″N 121°16′02″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Wasco
Elevation	2,447 ft (746 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	458 and 541
Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[1]

Friend was named after George J. Friend.[4] The first post office in the community, established in 1903, was on his homestead.[4]

Friend was the end of the line on the Great Southern Railroad. The line was built in 1908 from Dufur, which connected to The Dalles.[5] The depot was closed and service ended on January 5, 1928; the line was abandoned in 1935. Few signs of the track still exist.[6]

See also

• List of ghost towns in Oregon

References

External links

• Image of Friend, Oregon schoolhouse
• Historic image of abandoned building in Friend from Salem Public Library

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