Brogan, Oregon

{{short description|Unincorporated community in Oregon, US}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Brogan, Oregon | settlement_type = Census-designated place | image_skyline = Brogan, Oregon, Frontier store.jpg | imagesize = | image_caption = The Frontier store in Brogan

| unit_pref = Imperial | area_footnotes = <ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024">{{cite web |title=2024 U.S. Gazetteer Files: Oregon|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_gaz_place_41.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=July 24, 2025}}</ref> | area_total_sq_mi = 2.86 | area_land_sq_mi = 2.86 | area_water_sq_mi = 0.00

| population_as_of = 2020 | population_footnotes = <ref name="Census 2020">{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2020.P1?q=&g=160XX00US4108600| title=P1. Race – Brogan CDP, Oregon: 2020 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref> | population_total = 97 | population_density_sq_mi = auto | population_note =

| timezone1 = Mountain (MST) | utc_offset1 = -7 | timezone1_DST = Mountain | utc_offset1_DST = -6 | elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> | elevation_ft = 2622 | coordinates = {{coord|44|14|52|N|117|31|01|W|region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}

| postal_code_type = ZIP Code | postal_code = 97903 | area_code_type = | area_code = | iso_code = | blank_name = FIPS code | blank_info = 41-08600 | blank1_name = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info = 2611716<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2611716}}</ref> | footnotes = }}

'''Brogan''' is an unincorporated community and Census-designated place (CDP) in Malheur County, Oregon, United States, on U.S. Route 26. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 97.<ref name="Census 2020"/>

==History== Brogan was founded by D. M. Brogan in 1909, and when a post office was established in the locality on April 23 that year, it was named for him.<ref name=OGN>{{Cite OGN|7th|page=114}}</ref> Brogan is located on the north end of the now-abandoned Union Pacific Railroad branch line from Vale.<ref name=OGN/>

==Geography== Brogan is in northern Malheur County in eastern Oregon, in the valley of Willow Creek, a southeast-flowing tributary of the Malheur River and part of the Snake River watershed. U.S. Route 26 passes through the town, leading southeast down the Willow Creek valley {{convert|23|mi}} to Vale and west over Eldorado Pass to Unity, {{convert|42|mi}} away.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Brogan CDP has an area of {{convert|2.86|sqmi}}, all land.<ref name="CenPopGazetteer2024"/> Willow Creek forms the northeast edge of the CDP.

==Demographics== {{US Census population |align=left |2010= 90 |2020= 97 |footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web| url=https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALPL2010.P1?q=&g=160XX00US4108600| title=P1. Race – Brogan CDP, Oregon: 2010 DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171)| publisher=U.S. Census Bureau| access-date=July 24, 2025}}</ref><ref name="Census 2020"/> }} Brogan is part of the Ontario, OR–ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the population was 90 (47 female and 43 male). The median age was 50.5 years. There were 41 households, five of which included children under age 18.<ref name=census>{{cite web|url=http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US4108600|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200212145258/http://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/DEC/10_DP/DPDP1/1600000US4108600|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 12, 2020|title=2010 Demographic Profile Data: Brogan CDP, Oregon|work=American FactFinder|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=July 26, 2014}}</ref>

As of the 2020 census, there were 97 people, 58 housing units, and 16 families in the CDP. There were 88 White people, 6 people from some other race, and 3 people from two or more races. 9 people were Hispanic or Latino.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Explore Census Data |url=https://data.census.gov/profile?g=160XX00US4108600 |access-date=2023-05-23 |website=data.census.gov}}</ref>

The ancestry in Brogan was 61% Irish, and 39% Italian.<ref name=":0" />

The median age was 51.9 years old. 48.8% of the population were older than 65, with 24.4% between the ages of 65 and 74, 9.8% between the ages of 75 and 84, and 14.6% older than 85 years old.<ref name=":0" />

0.0% of the population was in poverty, and the median income was not recorded.<ref name=":0" />

==Education== Brogan is within the Vale School District 84.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41045_malheur/DC20SD_C41045.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Malheur County, OR|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|accessdate=2022-07-15}}</ref> This district has grades K-12 and operates Vale High School.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.valesd.org/|title=Home|publisher=Vale School District 84|accessdate=2022-07-15}}</ref>

Previously there was a separate Brogan School District 1.<ref>{{cite book|title=Oregon school directory 1975/76|publisher=Oregon State Superintendent of Education|via=HathiTrust|page=[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112119606645&seq=129 129/308]}}</ref>

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==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[https://www.flickr.com/places/United+States/Oregon/Brogan Images of Brogan] from Flickr

Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1909 Category:Ontario micropolitan area, Oregon Category:Unincorporated communities in Malheur County, Oregon Category:Census-designated places in Oregon Category:1909 establishments in Oregon Category:Census-designated places in Malheur County, Oregon Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon