Klamath Agency is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States,[1] on Oregon Route 62 where Agency Creek enters Crooked Creek.[2]

Klamath Agency, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Klamath Indian Agency in 1915
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Coordinates: 42°37′05″N 121°56′02″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Klamath
Elevation [1]	4,180 ft (1,270 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)

Klamath Agency was an Indian agency for the Klamath Indian Reservation established May 12, 1866, on the shore of Agency Lake.[3] The current site of the former agency is 3 miles (5 km) north of that location.[3] The Klamath Reservation was terminated in 1961, but the community at Klamath Agency still exists.[3] Klamath Agency post office was established in 1878 and ran until 1965, when the mail was instead routed to Chiloquin.[3]

In 1870, there was a sawmill at the agency; it burned down in 1911.[4] In the 1890s, Klamath Agency was the site of two Indian boarding schools—one for boys and one for girls.[5]

In 1945, Ray Enouf Field was dedicated at the agency. The airfield was named in honor of the only Klamath Indian to die in World War II.[6] Raymond L. Enouf was a Marine private first class, who was killed while acting as a medic in the front lines during the Battle of Iwo Jima.[6]

The Klamath Agency is now home of the Sage Community Charter School.

See also

• Klamath Tribes
• Indian termination policy

References

External links

• Historic image of Klamath Agency from Salem Public Library

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