Izee, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Izee is located in Oregon
Izee
Izee
Izee is located in the United States
Izee
Izee
Coordinates: 44°04′01″N 119°23′10″W / 44.067°N 119.386°W / 44.067; -119.386
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyGrant
Elevation
4,101 ft (1,250 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97873
Area code(s)458 and 541

Izee is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States.[1] Its post office operated from November 6, 1889, to July 31, 1954, and the first postmaster was Carlos W. Bonham.[2] Located on the South Fork John Day River,[1] Izee is a ranching community and was so named because a rancher there branded his cattle with the letters I. Z.[3] The schoolhouse and grange building still stand as of 2019.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Izee". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 503–504. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  3. ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 70.
  4. ^ "Izee". Grant County Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on August 20, 2019. Retrieved August 20, 2019.

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