Welcome to Dee ...

So far, we found very little information about Dee. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Dee to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Dee, please Contact Us.

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Dee would have been located within present day Hood River County<2>.

The location of Dee has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dee, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1906.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dee is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Dee was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Dee would have been located in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes.

Websites for Dee ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hoodriver.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Dee, the following might be of interest:

Communities Also Named Dee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Dee - they are located in Arkansas and Pennsylvania.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Dee.

Communities near Dee ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Dee.

• Hood River
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hood River
  • Hood River is located in Hood River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,793 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Hood River <6>
• White Salmon
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White Salmon
  • White Salmon is located in Klickitat County (WA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,723 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White Salmon <6>
• Stevenson
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Stevenson
  • Stevenson is located in Skamania County (WA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,627 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Stevenson <6>
• Cascade Locks
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Cascade Locks have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cascade Locks
  • Cascade Locks is located in Hood River County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,155 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cascade Locks <6>
• North Bonneville
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Bonneville
  • North Bonneville is located in Skamania County (WA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,005 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Bonneville <6>
• Bingen
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingen
  • Bingen is located in Klickitat County (WA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bingen <6>
• Mosier
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mosier
  • Mosier is located in Wasco County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mosier <6>
• Mount Hood
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
  • Mount Hood is located in Hood River County
• Odell
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Odell have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Odell
  • Odell is located in Hood River County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Odell <6>
• Parkdale
  (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Parkdale have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Parkdale
  • Parkdale is located in Hood River County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Parkdale <6>

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 Dee. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Dee.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Dee. 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 Dee.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Dee. See our Newspapers Page for Dee.

Adding Dee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dee 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 Dee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Dee post office opened in 1906.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dee.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Hood River County: www.co.hood-river.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/