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Welcome to Criterion ...So far, we found very little information about Criterion. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1> We've added Criterion to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Criterion, please Contact Us. Criterion would have been located within present day Wasco County<2>. The location of Criterion has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3> While we don't have a date for the founding of Criterion, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913. While the community is gone, the present day location for Criterion is 3,100 feet [945 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Criterion is about ½ mile above sea level. Time Zone: The area where Criterion was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time If Criterion still existed, it would have been in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes. Communities near Criterion ...We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Criterion.
To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy. We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Criterion. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Criterion. Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Criterion. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Criterion. We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Criterion. See our Newspapers Page for Criterion. Adding Criterion to Our Gazetteer ...We originally found mention of Criterion in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page. From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Criterion was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7> For more details, see References and Mentions for Criterion. Off-the-Road Links ...The official website for Wasco County: www.co.wasco.or.us/ The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/ Footnotes ...
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