Maxville, Oregon
| Maxville, Oregon | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
  Maxville, Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 45°44′46″N 117°33′25″W / 45.746°N 117.557°WCoordinates: 45°44′46″N 117°33′25″W / 45.746°N 117.557°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Wallowa |
| Elevation | 4,058 ft (1,237 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 97828 |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
Maxville is an unincorporated community and former company town in northern Wallowa County, Oregon.[1][2] The town was built in 1923 by the Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company, a large Southern firm with timber and mills in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Bowman-Hicks hired experienced loggers, regardless of race, from the Southern United States. In keeping with the Jim Crow practices common in the South at that time, Maxville had segregated neighborhoods, schools, and baseball teams.[3]
References
- ↑ "Maxville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ↑ "Maxwell a logging camp, Wallowa County, Oregon" [sic]. Oregon Genealogy. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) [1928]. Oregon geographic names. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 618. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
External links
- Maxville, Ore., a one-of-a-kind timber town revives for one day a year - The Oregonian
- Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center
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