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Welcome to Gurdane ...

Gurdane is located in Umatilla County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gurdane, you might consider that their post office opened in 1890.

Gurdane is 3,720 feet [1,134 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Gurdane is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Area Codes for Gurdane: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Gurdane ...

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

  • Pilot Rock
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Ukiah
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Heck and Gone ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Heck and Gone is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heck and Gone
  • Dale
    (20 miles [32.2 km] to the south)
  • Heppner
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
  • Lehman Springs
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the east)
    • Lehman Springs is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lehman Springs
    • Lehman Springs has also been known as:
    • Lehman Hot Springs
    • Lehman
  • Pine City
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the northwest)
    • Pine City is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine City
  • Ritter
    (26 miles [41.8 km] to the south)
  • Barnhart
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the north)
    • Barnhart is located in Umatilla County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Barnhart
  • Hardman
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
    • Hardman is located in Morrow County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hardman
    • Hardman has also been known as:
    • Dairyville
    • Dogtown
    • Raw Dog
    • Yaller Dog

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gurdane ...

Looking for more information about Gurdane? 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 Gurdane, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gurdane.

Adding Gurdane to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Gurdane post office opened in 1890. The Gurdane post office closed in 1934.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gurdane.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Umatilla, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gurdane - 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 Gurdane area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Gurdane 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/