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Welcome to Mineral ...

Mineral is located in Baker County<1>.

Mineral is 2,060 feet [628 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Note: If you travel south from Mineral (for example, toward Ontario), you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Area Codes for Mineral: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Mineral ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 16 communities that are also named Mineral - they are located in Arkansas (2), California, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Nevada, New Brunswick, Ohio (2), Texas, Virginia (2) and Washington.

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

Communities near Mineral ...

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

  • Huntington
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Richland
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
  • Weatherby
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Weatherby is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
  • Lime ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Lime is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lime
  • Durkee
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the west)
  • Robinette ‑ Historic
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
    • Robinette is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
  • Rye Valley
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
    • Rye Valley is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rye Valley
  • Eaton
    (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
    • Eaton is located in Washington County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eaton
  • New Bridge
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
    • New Bridge is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
  • Midvale
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
    • Midvale is located in Washington County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midvale <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Mineral ...

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

Adding Mineral to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Mineral 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 Mineral was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Mineral.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Mineral - 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 Mineral area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Mineral 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.