Friend, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

Friend, Oregon

Unincorporated community

Friend, Oregon

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Coordinates: 45°20′48″N 121°16′02″W﻿ / ﻿45.34667°N 121.26722°W﻿ / 45.34667; -121.26722
Country| United States
State| Oregon
County| Wasco
Elevation

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| 2,448 ft (746 m)
Time zone| UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-7 (PDT)
Area codes| 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID| 1142483[1]

Friend is an unincorporated community in Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Considered a ghost town, little remains of the community except the Friend Store, a one-room schoolhouse, and a cemetery.[2][3]

Friend was named after George J. Friend.[4] The first post office in the community, established in 1903, was on his homestead.[4]

Friend was the end of the line on the Great Southern Railroad. The line was built in 1908 from Dufur, which connected to The Dalles.[5] The depot was closed and service ended on January 5, 1928; the line was abandoned in 1935. Few signs of the track still exist.[6]

## See also

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* List of ghost towns in Oregon

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Friend, Oregon
2. ^ ghosttowns.com
3. ^ USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project:Wasco County
4. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 385\. ISBN 978-0875952772.
5. ^ Railroad Commission of Oregon (1913). Sixth Annual Report of the Railroad Commission of Oregon to the Governor. Salem, Oregon: Willis S. Duniway, State Printer. p. 165. Retrieved January 13, 2011.
6. ^ "Oregon Topographic Map". Acme Labs. Retrieved January 13, 2011.

## External links

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* Image of Friend, Oregon schoolhouse
* Historic image of abandoned building in Friend from Salem Public Library

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Municipalities and communities of Wasco County, Oregon, United States

County seat: The Dalles

Cities|

* Antelope
* Dufur
* Maupin
* Mosier
* Shaniko
* The Dalles

Wasco County map

CDPs|

* Chenoweth
* Pine Grove
* Pine Hollow
* Rowena
* Sportsmans Park
* Tygh Valley
* Wamic

Other
communities|

* Bakeoven
* Celilo Village
* Clarno
* Criterion
* Endersby
* Fairbanks
* Friend
* Nansene
* Rice
* Simnasho
* South Junction
* Wapinitia

Ghost towns|

* Boyd
* Kingsley
* Ortley

Indian reservation|

* Warm Springs Indian Reservation‡

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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