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Welcome to Erwin ...

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

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

Erwin would have been located within present day Baker County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Erwin, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Erwin is 2,750 feet [838 m] above sea level.<3> In other words, the elevation of Erwin is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

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

Communities Also Named Erwin ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 19 communities that are also named Erwin - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan (2), Mississippi, New York, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Erwin ...

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

  • Baker City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baker City
    • Baker City is located in Baker County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,876 people
    • Baker City has also been known as:
    • Baker
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Baker City <5>
  • North Powder
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • 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>
  • Haines
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
  • Medical Springs
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the north)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Medical Springs. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medical Springs
    • Medical Springs is located in Union County
  • Sparta ‑ Historic
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
    • Sparta is located in Baker County
  • Pocahontas ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Pocahontas. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pocahontas
    • Pocahontas is located in Baker County
  • Hutchinson ‑ Historic
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Hutchinson. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hutchinson
    • Hutchinson is located in Baker County
  • Auburn ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Auburn
    • Auburn is located in Baker County
  • Cornucopia ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cornucopia
    • Cornucopia is located in Baker County
  • New Bridge
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
    • New Bridge is located in Baker 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 Erwin. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Erwin.

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

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

Adding Erwin to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Erwin post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Erwin.

The official website for Baker County: www.bakercounty.org/

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

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