McEwen, Oregon

McEwen is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. McEwen lies on Oregon Route 7 east of its interchange with Oregon Route 220. McEwen is southeast of Sumpter and west of Auburn.

McEwen was founded as a logging town, platted in 1891, and then was a rail stop on the Sumpter Valley Railway.^[1] It was named after a Mormon missionary who converted Charles W. Nibley's parents to the LDS Church.^[2]

References

↑ Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. pp. 21, 51. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.
↑ Deumling, Dietrich (May 1972). The roles of the railroad in the development of the Grande Ronde Valley (masters thesis). Flagstaff, Arizona: Northern Arizona University. OCLC 4383986. |access-date= requires |url= (help)

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Photos of McEwen by Chris and Tina Pfeiffer and Pwaully73

Municipalities and communities of Baker County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Baker City

Cities	Baker City Greenhorn Haines Halfway Huntington Richland Sumpter Unity

Unincorporated communities	Bridgeport Brownlee Carson Dixie Durkee Encina Hereford Homestead Hutchinson Jimtown Keating Lime Little Alps McEwen New Bridge Oxbow Pine Pleasant Valley Rock Creek Salisbury Sparta Weatherby Whitney Wingville

Ghost towns	Auburn Bourne Copperfield Cornucopia Nelson Robinette Pocahontas

Coordinates: 44°42′03″N 118°06′17″W / 44.70083°N 118.10472°W / 44.70083; -118.10472

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