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Welcome to Copper ...

So far, we found very little information about Copper. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Copper to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Copper, please Contact Us.

Copper would have been located within present day Wallowa County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Copper, you might consider that their post office opened in 1904.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Copper is 1,090 feet [332 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Copper was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel south from Copper (for example, toward New Meadows (ID)), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Codes where Copper was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Copper ...

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

Beyond Oregon, there are 4 communities that are also named Copper - they are located in Nevada, New Mexico and Virginia.

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

Communities near Copper ...

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

  • White Bird
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
  • Copperville
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Copperville is located in Idaho County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Copperville
  • Boles
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Boles is located in Idaho County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Boles
  • Lucile
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Imnaha
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Fenn
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
  • Keuterville
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Shells Lick
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the east)
    • Shells Lick is located in Idaho County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shells Lick
  • Cottonwood
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Grangeville
    (23 miles [37 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

Adding Copper to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Copper post office opened in 1904. The Copper post office closed in 1907.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Copper.

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 Copper, 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 Wallowa, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Copper - 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 Copper area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Copper 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/