Suntex, Oregon

Suntex is the name of an unincorporated community in Harney County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was established with the placement of a post office in the valley of Silver Creek west of Burns and north of U.S. Route 20.[2]

Suntex, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°35′27″N 119°37′49″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Harney
Elevation	4,308 ft (1,313 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	541
Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[1]

The Suntex post office was set up in 1916 and closed in 1949, after which Suntex mail was handled through the post office in Riley. W. F. Sturges, the first postmaster at Suntex, said that postal authorities had assigned the name "Suntex", which had no local significance, for reasons he was unaware of.[3]

There is still a small cluster of buildings at Suntex.

References

1. "Suntex". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
2. "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 4, 2016 – via Acme Mapper.
3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 925. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.