Oxbow, Oregon

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Oxbow | settlement_type = unincorporated community | image_skyline = Oxbow dam.jpg | image_alt = | image_caption = The Oxbow Dam | image_map = | map_alt = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = USA Oregon | pushpin_label_position = | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Oregon | coordinates = {{coord|44.9748786|-116.8629359|type:city_region:US-OR_source:gnis-1167700|display=inline,title}} | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = United States | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Oregon | subdivision_type2 = County | subdivision_name2 = Baker | subdivision_type3 = | subdivision_name3 = | established_title = | established_date = | founder = | unit_pref = US | area_footnotes = | area_total_sq_mi = | area_land_sq_mi = | area_water_sq_mi = | area_water_percent = | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_ft = 1982 | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_density_sq_mi= auto | population_demonym = | population_note = | timezone1 = Mountain; ''de facto'') <br> UTC-8 Pacific (''de jure'' | utc_offset1 = -7 | timezone1_DST = MDT | utc_offset1_DST = -6 | postal_code_type = ZIP code | postal_code = 97840 | area_code_type = | area_codes = 541 and 458 | iso_code = | blank1_name = GNIS feature ID | blank1_info = 1167700<ref name=GNIS1>{{cite gnis |id= 1167700 |name= Oxbow |entrydate= May 22, 1986 |access-date= 2011-03-27}}</ref> | footnotes = }}

'''Oxbow''' is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.<ref name=GNIS1/> Oxbow is along Oregon Route 86 next to the Snake River near the Oxbow Dam on the Oregon-Idaho border, about {{convert|17|mi|km}} northeast of Halfway.<ref name=Atlas>{{cite book |title= Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition= 7th |year= 2008 |publisher= DeLorme |location= Yarmouth, Maine |isbn= 0-89933-347-8 |pages= 79, 88}}</ref> Oxbow is just south of the site of the former mining town of Copperfield.<ref name=Atlas/> Oxbow has a post office with a ZIP code 97840.<ref name=USPS>{{cite web |url= http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown_zip.jsp |title= ZIP Code Lookup |publisher= United States Postal Service |access-date= 2011-03-27}}</ref>

There was once a station named Oxbow on a portion of the Oregon Short Line Railroad now inundated by Oxbow Reservoir.<ref name=OGN>{{Cite OGN|7th|pages=230, 476, 735}}</ref><ref name=GNIS2>{{cite gnis |id= 1157182 |name= Oxbow (historical) |entrydate= April 1, 1993 |access-date= 2011-03-27}}</ref> It was named for The Oxbow, a U-shaped bend in the Snake River named for the agricultural implement.<ref name=OGN/><ref name=GNIS3>{{cite gnis |id= 1127991 |name= The Oxbow |entrydate= November 28, 1980 |access-date= 2011-03-27}}</ref> The present-day community of Oxbow was established in the early 1960s near the former site of Copperfield during the building of the Oxbow Dam by the Idaho Power Company.<ref name=OGN/> Oxbow post office was established on May 1, 1965, after moving the office from Homestead six miles to the north.<ref name=OGN/> At one time, Oxbow had a school.<ref name=GNIS4>{{cite gnis |id= 1125105 |name= Oxbow School (historical) |entrydate= November 28, 1980 |access-date= 2011-03-27}}</ref>

==Climate== This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Oxbow has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=81101&cityname=Oxbow%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Oxbow, Oregon]</ref>

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==External links== *[https://www.flickr.com/places/United_States/Oregon/Oxbow Images of Oxbow] from Flickr

Category:Unincorporated communities in Baker County, Oregon Category:1965 establishments in Oregon Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon