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Welcome to Cove ...

The city of Cove is located in Union County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cove, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1868.

From the  Census Estimates for 2019, Cove has a population of 655 people<2> (see below for details).

Cove is 2,910 feet [887 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Cove is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Cove and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Cove: 541 & 458<4>

Population Details ...

Taken from the 2019 Census Estimates, Cove had an population of 655 people. This is an increase of 18.66% since the 2010 Census (or an increase of 10.27% since the 2000 Census).

At the time of the 2010 Census, Cove had a population of 552 people. This makes Cove the county's 5th most populous community.

The population of Cove represents 0.01% of the population of Oregon (which has 3,831,074 people), making it the state's 189th most populous community.

With a 2010 count of 552 people, the population of Cove decreased 7.07% from the 2000 Census (with a count of 594 people).

More information can be found on the Census Page for Cove.

Communities Also Named Cove ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Cove - they are located in Arizona, Arkansas, Florida (3), Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina (2), Ohio, Pennsylvania (2), Texas (2), Utah (2), Virginia, Washington and West Virginia.

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

Websites for Cove ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.unioncountychamber.org/

Although we don't have any websites that are specific to Cove, the following might be of interest:

Communities near Cove ...

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

  • La Grande
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Union
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Elgin
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Island City
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the west)
  • North Powder
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for North Powder have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for North Powder
    • North Powder is located in Union County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 458 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for North Powder <5>
  • Imbler
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • Summerville
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Hot Lake
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hot Lake. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hot Lake
    • Hot Lake is located in Union County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Hot Lake
    • From Cove to Hot Lake
  • Conley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Conley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Conley
    • Conley is located in Union County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Conley
    • From Cove to Conley
  • Orodell ‑ Historic
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Orodell. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orodell
    • Orodell is located in Union County
    • Google driving directions:
    • From your current location to Orodell
    • From Cove to Orodell

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cove ...

Looking for more information about Cove? 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 Cove, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Cove.

Adding Cove to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cove 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 Cove was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<8>

X2X - From that list, the Cove post office opened in 1868.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cove.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Cove. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Union County: www.union-county.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 Union, 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 Cove.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cove - 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 Cove area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Cove 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>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>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.
<8>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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