Welcome to Medical Springs ...

Medical Springs is located in Union County<1>.

The location of Medical Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Medical Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1887.

A typical abbreviation for Medical Springs: Medical Spgs. (or less commonly used: Medical Spngs. or Medical Sprngs.)

Medical Springs is 3,390 feet [1,033 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the altitude of Medical Springs is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

Time Zone: Medical Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Medical Springs, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area codes for Medical Springs: (541) & (458)<4>

Websites for Medical Springs ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountychamber.org/

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

Communities near Medical Springs ...

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

• Baker City
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
  • Baker City is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
  • Baker City has also been known as:
  • Baker
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <5>
• Union
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Union
  • Union is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,207 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Union <5>
• North Powder
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Powder have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Powder
  • North Powder is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Powder <5>
• Haines
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Haines
  • Haines is located in Baker County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Haines <5>
• Keating
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keating
  • Keating is located in Baker County
• Hutchinson ‑ Historic
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Hutchinson have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
  • Hutchinson is located in Baker County
• Sparta ‑ Historic
  (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Sparta is located in Baker County
• Cornucopia ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
  • Cornucopia is located in Baker County
• Cove
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cove
  • Cove is located in Union County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 652 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Cove <5>
• Pocahontas ‑ Historic
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Pocahontas have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
  • Pocahontas is located in Baker County

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Medical Springs ...

Looking for more information about Medical Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Medical Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Medical Springs.

Adding Medical Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Medical Springs 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 Medical Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Medical Springs post office opened in 1887.

We also found Medical Springs in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Medical Springs.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Medical Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Union County: www.union-county.org/

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