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Welcome to Galloway ...

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

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

Galloway would have been located within present day Morrow County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Galloway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1886.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Galloway is 1,300 feet [396 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

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

Communities Also Named Galloway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 20 communities that are also named Galloway - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan (2), Mississippi, Missouri, New Brunswick, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas (3), West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Galloway ...

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

  • Stanfield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Heppner
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the south)
  • Echo
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
    • Echo is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Echo
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 705 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Echo <5>
  • Ione
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Lexington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Alpine
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Alpine is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Alpine
  • Ordnance ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Ordnance is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ordnance
  • Hinkle
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the north)
    • Hinkle is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hinkle
  • Hermiston
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the north)
  • Boardman
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Galloway to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Galloway post office opened in 1886. The Galloway post office closed in 1915.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Galloway.

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