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Welcome to Gateway ...

Gateway is located in Jefferson County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gateway, you might consider that their post office opened in 1913.

Gateway is 1,790 feet [546 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gateway lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Gateway: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Gateway ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 17 communities that are also named Gateway - they are located in Alaska, Arkansas, British Columbia, California (2), Colorado (3), Florida (2), Georgia, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, Ontario and Utah.

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

Communities near Gateway ...

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

  • Madras
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Madras is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Madras
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 7,106 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Madras <4>
  • Culver
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Culver is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Culver
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,686 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Culver <4>
  • Metolius
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
  • Antelope
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Mecca
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
    • Mecca is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mecca
  • Warm Springs
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
  • Ashwood
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the east)
  • Simnasho
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
    • Simnasho is located in Wasco County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Simnasho
  • Grandview ‑ Historic
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Grandview is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grandview
  • Donnybrook ‑ Historic
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Donnybrook is located in Jefferson County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donnybrook
    • Former names for Donnybrook:
    • Axehandle
    • Kilts

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gateway ...

Looking for more information about Gateway? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gateway, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gateway.

Adding Gateway to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gateway 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 Gateway was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gateway post office opened in 1913. The Gateway post office closed in 1956.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gateway.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Jefferson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gateway - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Gateway area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Gateway area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>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/