Pleasant Valley, Baker County, Oregon

Pleasant Valley is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Baker City on U.S. Route 30, slightly bypassed by Interstate 84.[2][3]

For other places with the same name, see Pleasant Valley, Oregon.
Pleasant Valley, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Pleasant Valley, Oregon
Pleasant Valley, Oregon
Coordinates: 44°40′28″N 117°37′50″W
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyBaker
Elevation
3,757 ft (1,145 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1125477[1]

Pleasant Valley was a way station on the Place Toll Road in 1865, and later a freight station on the railroad in 1884.[3][4] Early Oregon Trail settlers farmed in the area.[4] Pleasant Valley post office was established in 1868 and operated for only two months.[5] An office with the same name was established in 1890 and closed in 1962.[5] According to the authors of Oregon Geographic Names, the community later consisted only of a motel and a Union Pacific Railroad station.[5] By 2001, the motel had been converted into a residence.[6]

The Pleasant Valley area is the home of several stone quarries that supplied the tuff stone commonly used for building material in Baker City.[3][7] At one time Pleasant Valley was a community with enough population and settled arable land surrounding it to warrant a school district.[3] School District #12 was organized by superintendent W. F. Payton in 1874, with a two-room school house serving grades 1 through 8.[3] The district added classes for high-school-age students for a few years before consolidating with the Baker City school district in 1949.[3] The third and last schoolhouse was constructed of the nearby native stone and was later converted to a residence.[3] In 1900, the community had a Christian Church congregation.[8] Today the community proper is considered a ghost town,[3] however the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) lists it as a populated place.[1]

References
  1. "Pleasant Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. 1980-11-28. Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 79. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. "Pleasant Valley". bakercounty.net. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  4. "Historic Towns" (PDF). Baker County Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  5. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 770. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  6. Collins, Chris (2001-04-11). "Meth Lab Busted in Pleasant Valley". Baker City Herald. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  7. "Historic Baker City, Baker County, Oregon". Oregon American History and Genealogy Project. Retrieved 2011-03-13.
  8. "Baker County, Oregon". Pioneer History to About 1900, Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest. Northwest College of the Bible. Retrieved 2011-03-13.


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