Welcome to Early ...

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

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

Early would have been located within present day Sherman County<2>.

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Early, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Early is 260 feet [79 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

Early would have been located in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Early ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Early - they are located in Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Texas (2) and Virginia.

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

Communities near Early ...

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

• Goldendale
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Goldendale
  • Goldendale is located in Klickitat County (WA)
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,669 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Goldendale <6>
• Arlington
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Arlington
  • Arlington is located in Gilliam County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 626 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Arlington <6>
• Wasco
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Wasco have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wasco
  • Wasco is located in Sherman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 419 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Wasco <6>
• Moro
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Moro
  • Moro is located in Sherman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 332 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Moro <6>
• Rufus
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Rufus have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rufus
  • Rufus is located in Sherman County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 257 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Rufus <6>
• Sinks ‑ Historic
  (5 miles [8 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sinks
  • Sinks is located in Sherman County
• Klondike
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Klondike
  • Klondike is located in Sherman County
• Biggs Junction
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Biggs Junction have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Biggs Junction
  • Biggs Junction is located in Sherman County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Biggs Junction <6>
• Maryhill
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maryhill
  • Maryhill is located in Klickitat County (WA)
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Maryhill <6>
• De Moss Springs
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for De Moss Springs
  • De Moss Springs is located in Sherman County

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

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

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

Adding Early to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Early 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 Early was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Early post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Early.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Sherman County: www.sherman-county.com/

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