Welcome to Cord ...

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

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

Cord would have been located within present day Malheur County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cord, you might consider that their post office opened in 1897.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cord is 4,100 feet [1,250 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Cord is about ¾ mile [or 1¼ km] above sea level.

Time Zone: The area where Cord was located is in the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you leave Cord and travel west, you will leave Mountain Time and cross into the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT).

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

Communities Also Named Cord ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Cord - it's located in Arkansas.

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

Communities near Cord ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Cord.

Princeton ‑ Historic
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
- Princeton is located in Harney County
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Diamond
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
- Diamond is located in Harney County
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Riverside
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
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- Riverside is located in Malheur County
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Crane
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
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- Crane is located in Harney County
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To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Cord. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cord.

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

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

Adding Cord to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Cord post office opened in 1897.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cord.

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 Cord, 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 Cord - 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 Cord area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Cord 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 their list with background information can be found at: https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/