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>.

The location of Cord has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

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.<4> 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).

If Cord still existed, it would have been in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes.

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
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <6>
• Diamond
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Diamond is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <6>
• Riverside
  (28 miles [45.1 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Riverside is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <6>
• Crane
  (30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Crane is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane <6>

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.<7>

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cord.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Malheur County: www.malheurco.org/

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