Venator, Oregon

Venator, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Venator is located in Oregon
Venator
Venator
Venator is located in the United States
Venator
Venator
Coordinates: 43°20′53″N 118°18′19″W / 43.34806°N 118.30528°W / 43.34806; -118.30528
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyHarney
Elevation
3,766 ft (1,148 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (Pacific)
Area code541
Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[1]

Venator is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is on Crane–Venator Road about 17 miles (27 km) southeast of Crane, near the South Fork Malheur River.[2]

Alphena Venator, a native of Linn County, settled in Harney County as a youth in 1872.[3][4] Alphena's father Jezreel is the namesake for Venator Canyon in Harney and Malheur counties.[3][4] When Alphena established a livestock ranch in the area in 1884, the locale soon became known as "Venator".[3] Venator post office was established in 1895, with Louella Venator as the first postmaster.[3] The office was later moved two and a half miles north to a station on the now-abandoned Oregon Eastern Branch (or Burns Branch) of the Union Pacific railroad.[3][5] As of 1976, there were only six buildings and a corral at the site, although at one time there was a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in the area.

Education

Venator is in Harney County School District 4 (Crane School, grades K-8) and Harney County Union High School District 1J (Crane Union High School).[6][7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Venator". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 82. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. ^ a b c d e McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 991. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. ^ a b Simpson, Peter K. (1987). The Community of Cattlemen: A Social History of the Cattle Industry in Southeastern Oregon, 1869-1912. University of Idaho Press. p. 132. ISBN 978-0893011178.
  5. ^ Schwieterman, Joseph P. (2004). When the Railroad Leaves Town: American Communities in the Age of Rail Line Abandonment, Western United States. Kirksville, Missouri: Truman State University Press. p. 228. ISBN 978-1-931112-13-0. OL 8801889M.
  6. ^ "2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Harney County, OR" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. p. 1(PDF p. 2/3). Retrieved March 11, 2024. Crane-Venator Rd - Text list - Compare to the highway map.
  7. ^ "Harney County Sheet 6 of 11" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 11, 2024. - Venator indicated on the map. Compare with school district map.


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