Welcome to Pinehurst ...

Pinehurst is located in Jackson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Pinehurst, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1911.

Pinehurst is 3,360 feet [1,024 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the elevation of Pinehurst is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

Telephone area codes for Pinehurst: (541) and (458)<3>

Websites for Pinehurst ...

Junior League:   www.jlojc.com/

Communities Also Named Pinehurst ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 42 communities that are also named Pinehurst - they are located in Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia (6), Idaho (2), Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland (5), Massachusetts, Mississippi (2), New Jersey, New York, North Carolina (3), Nova Scotia, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (5), Texas (2), Virginia (2), Washington (2) and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Pinehurst ...

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

• Dufur
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Dufur
  • Dufur is located in Wasco County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 634 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Dufur <4>
• Maupin
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Maupin have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maupin
  • Maupin is located in Wasco County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 429 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maupin <4>
• Tygh Valley
  (5 miles [8 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tygh Valley
  • Tygh Valley is located in Wasco County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tygh Valley <4>
• Friend ‑ Historic
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Friend
  • Friend is located in Wasco County
• Kingsley ‑ Historic
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kingsley
  • Kingsley is located in Wasco County
• Pine Grove
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Grove
  • Pine Grove is located in Wasco County
• Wapinitia
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wapinitia
  • Wapinitia is located in Wasco County
• Nansene
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Nansene have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Nansene
  • Nansene is located in Wasco County
• Simnasho
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simnasho
  • Simnasho is located in Wasco County
• Boyd ‑ Historic
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boyd
  • Boyd is located in Wasco 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 Pinehurst. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Pinehurst.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Pinehurst ...

Looking for more information about Pinehurst? 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 Pinehurst, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Pinehurst.

Adding Pinehurst to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Pinehurst post office opened in 1911.

We also found Pinehurst mentioned on a train schedule titled Southern Pacific Railroad Time Tables (July 1929).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Pinehurst.

Off-the-Road Links ...

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

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.or.us/

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