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Welcome to Dudley ...

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

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


Dudley would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Dudley, you might consider that their post office opened in 1909.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Dudley is 4,270 feet [1,301 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Dudley is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

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

Communities Also Named Dudley ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 33 communities that are also named Dudley - they are located in Alabama, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania (2), South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Websites for Dudley ...

Junior League:   www.jlojc.com/

Communities near Dudley ...

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

  • Eagle Point
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Shady Cove
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Butte Falls
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
  • Prospect
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Trail
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the west)
  • Brownsboro
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southwest)
    • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
  • White City
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
  • Spikenard ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
    • Spikenard is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spikenard
  • Sams Valley
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
  • Shale City
    (24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
    • Shale City is located in Jackson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shale City

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

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

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

Adding Dudley to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Dudley post office opened in 1909. The Dudley post office closed in 1912.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Dudley.

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