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Welcome to Oretech ...

Oretech is located in Klamath County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Oretech, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1949.

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

Area Codes for Oretech: 541 & 458<2>

Communities near Oretech ...

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

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Oretech ...

Looking for more information about Oretech? 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.

In addition to the Tourism page for Oretech, there are neighboring communities that also have Tourism pages. More information about those communities can be found on our TripAdvisor Page for Oretech.

Adding Oretech to Our Gazetteer ...

As we work on our Gazetteer, we occasionally find mention of a community that is new to us. When we find such a community, we add it to our Gazetteer with the hope of adding more information in the future.

The earliest source we've referenced which mentioned Oretech was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Oretech post office opened in 1949.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Oretech.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Klamath, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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 Oretech area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Oretech area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/