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Welcome to Dee ...

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

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

Dee would have been located within present day Hood River County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1906.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dee is 960 feet [293 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Dee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Dee - they are located in Arkansas and Pennsylvania.

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

Websites for Dee ...

Chamber of Commerce:   www.hoodriver.org/

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

Communities near Dee ...

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

  • Hood River
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • White Salmon
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Stevenson
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the northwest)
  • Cascade Locks
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
  • North Bonneville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Bingen
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
    • Bingen is located in Klickitat County (WA)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bingen
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 748 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Bingen <5>
  • Mosier
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Mount Hood
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Mount Hood is located in Hood River County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Hood
  • Odell
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Parkdale
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)

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

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

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

Adding Dee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Dee 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 (so far) for Dee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the Dee post office opened in 1906. The Dee post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dee.

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