Welcome to Oregon ...

Oregon is located in Jasper County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oregon, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was on a map dated 1861.

Time Zone: Oregon lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Code for Oregon: 417

Communities Also Named Oregon ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Missouri communities named Oregon: This one is located in Jasper County and the other is located in Holt County.

Beyond Missouri, there are 22 communities that are also named Oregon - they are located in Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, New York (3), North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas and Wisconsin.

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

Adding Oregon to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Oregon in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Oregon was on a map (with an unknown title) dated 1861.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oregon.