# Dale, Oregon

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**Dale** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Grant County](/source/Grant_County,_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), United States.[1] It is located on [U.S. Route 395](/source/U.S._Route_395_in_Oregon) within the [Umatilla National Forest](/source/Umatilla_National_Forest) about 17 miles south of [Ukiah](/source/Ukiah,_Oregon).[2] It is near the [Umatilla](/source/Umatilla_County,_Oregon)-Grant County border just south of the [45th parallel north](/source/45th_parallel_north).[2]

The first post office at this locale was established in 1887 and named Dorman after James W. Dorman, the first postmaster.[3] The name was changed to Dale in 1891.[3] The office may have been moved south from its original location in Umatilla County and it was shown as being in Grant County by 1903.[3] According to the compiler of *[Oregon Geographic Names](/source/Oregon_Geographic_Names)*, who did not think that the local terrain resembled a [dale](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dale), "The name Dale as applied to this locality may have had a significance other than topographic."[3] Mail for Dale is now handled by the Ukiah post office, [ZIP code](/source/ZIP_code) 97880.[4]

In 1940, Dale had a [service station](/source/Filling_station) and store that still serves the community today.[5][6] Dale Ranger Station was open by 1911 and closed sometime before 2008.[7][8]

## See also

- [Ukiah–Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor](/source/Ukiah%E2%80%93Dale_Forest_State_Scenic_Corridor)

## References

1. 1140600. Retrieved February 7, 2012.

1. *Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer*. 7th ed. [Yarmouth, Maine](/source/Yarmouth,_Maine): [DeLorme](/source/DeLorme). 2008. pp. 74, 78. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.

1. p. 265.

1. ["ZIP Code Lookup"](https://web.archive.org/web/20101122200027/http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp). [United States Postal Service](/source/United_States_Postal_Service). Archived from [the original](http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp) on November 22, 2010. Retrieved February 7, 2012.

1. [Writers' Program](/source/Federal_Writers'_Project) of the [Work Projects Administration](/source/Work_Projects_Administration) in the [State of Oregon](/source/Government_of_Oregon) (1940). [*Oregon: End of the Trail*](https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich). [American Guide Series](/source/American_Guide_Series). [Portland, Oregon](/source/Portland,_Oregon): [Binfords & Mort](/source/Binfords_%26_Mort). p. [419](https://archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich/page/419). [OCLC 4874569](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/4874569)

1. ["Personal-Use Firewood Permits"](http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/uma/passes/firewood.shtml). Umatilla National Forest. Retrieved February 7, 2012.

1. Groom, Etta (March 2005). ["Pioneer Ranger Family at Dale, Oregon"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055931/https://fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev7_016089.pdf). *National Museum of Forest Service History Newsletter*. **16** (1). [United States Forest Service](/source/United_States_Forest_Service). Archived from [the original](https://fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev7_016089.pdf) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2012.

1. "Long Creek Eyes Dale FS Site for Campus". *[Blue Mountain Eagle](/source/Blue_Mountain_Eagle_(newspaper))*. May 7, 2008.

## External links

- [Historic images of directional signs to Dale Ranger Station](http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm/search/searchterm/Dale!Grant/field/all!all/mode/all!all/conn/and!and/order/date) from Salem Public Library
- [Historic image of Dale Ranger Station in 1924](https://archive.today/20130727194304/http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MEDIA/fsbdev3_067519.jpg) from the U.S. Forest Service
- [Images of Dale](https://www.flickr.com/places/United+States/Oregon/Dale) from Flickr

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