Welcome to Cake ...
So far, we found very little information about Cake. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>
We've added Cake to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Cake, please Contact Us.
Cake would have been located within present day Malheur County<2>.
While we don't have a date for the founding of Cake, you might consider that their post office opened in 1917.
While the community is gone, the present day location for Cake is 4,870 feet [1,484 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Cake is about 1 mile [or ~1½ km] above sea level.
Time Zone: The area where Cake was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time
Note: If you leave Cake and travel east, you will soon leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).
The Area Codes where Cake was located: 541 & 458<4>
Communities near Cake ...
We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Cake.
- Huntington
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the east)
- Rye Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
- Rye Valley is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley
- China Town
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- China Town is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for China Town
- Malheur City ‑ Historic
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the west)
- Malheur City is located in Malheur County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Malheur City
- Bridgeport
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Weatherby
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
- Weatherby is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
- Brogan
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
- Durkee
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lime ‑ Historic
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Lime is located in Baker County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
- Jamieson
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the southeast)
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 Cake. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cake.
Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cake. 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 Cake.
We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Cake. See our Newspapers Page for Cake.
Adding Cake to Our Gazetteer ...
We originally found mention of Cake 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 (so far) for Cake was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>
From that list, the Cake post office opened in 1917. The Cake post office closed in 1920.
For more details, see References and Mentions for Cake.
Footnotes ...
| <1> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Cake, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <2> | If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Malheur, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries. |
| <3> | The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cake - 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 Cake area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Cake area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number). |
| <5> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <6> | A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:
https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/ |