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Welcome to Needy ...

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

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

Needy would have been located within present day Clackamas County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Needy, you might consider that their post office opened in 1855.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Needy is 170 feet [52 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Needy was located: 503 & 971<4>

Going back to its beginning, Needy was originally named Hardscrabble. For more information about the names of Needy, see The Names of Needy on our Genealogy Page.

Communities near Needy ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Needy to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Needy post office opened in 1855. The Needy post office closed in 1903.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Needy.

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 Needy, 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 Clackamas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Needy - 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 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Needy area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Needy 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/