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Welcome to Baker City (aka 'Baker') ...

The city of Baker City is located in Baker County<1> and is the County Seat for Baker County.

Baker City was established in 1866.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Baker City has a population of 9,784 people<2> (see below for details).

The community of Baker City is 3,450 feet [1,052 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Baker City is about ¾ mile [or ~1 km] above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Baker City: 541 & 458<4>

The ZIP code for Baker City: 97814<5>

The city of Baker City has also been called Baker.

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Baker City had an population of 9,784 people. This is a decrease of 0.45% since the 2010 Census (or a decrease of 0.77% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Baker City had a population of 9,828 people (which is 61.01% of the total population of Baker County). This makes Baker City the county's most populous community.

The population of Baker City represents 0.26% of the total population of Oregon (which has 3,831,074 people), making it the state's 47th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 9,828 people, the population of Baker City has remained roughly the same as the 2000 Census (with a count of 9,860 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Baker City.

Websites for Baker City ...

Official Website: www.bakercity.com/

Communities near Baker City ...

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

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

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

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Baker City. Our list includes 21 papers. See our Newspapers Page for Baker City.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Baker City ...

Looking for more information about Baker City? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Baker City, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Baker City.

Adding Baker City to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Baker City 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 Baker City was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

X2X - From that list, the Baker City post office opened in 1866.

We also found Baker City in the book titled List of Post Offices in the United States (1870).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Baker City.

The official website for Baker City: www.bakercity.com/

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Baker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Population counts have been provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. For more detail, please visit our Census Page for Baker City.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Baker City - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Baker City area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Baker City area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>ZIP Codes have been created by the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a way of grouping addresses to make delivery more efficient. The boundaries of the ZIP Code can be changed, re-assigned, eliminated or overlapped with other ZIP Codes. So keep in mind that any given ZIP Code is only 'loosely' associated with a city (such as Baker City). When looking for a ZIP Code, whether Baker City or elsewhere, it's always best to check the website of the United States Postal Service (USPS).
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<9>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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