Welcome to Persist ...

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

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

Persist would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

The location of Persist has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Persist, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1902.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Persist is 2,840 feet [866 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the altitude of Persist is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

The location where Persist once stood is in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes.

Websites for Persist ...

Junior League:   www.jlojc.com/

Communities near Persist ...

We have created a list of 9 communities that are near Persist.

• Shady Cove
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Cove
  • Shady Cove is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,119 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shady Cove <6>
• Butte Falls
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte Falls
  • Butte Falls is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butte Falls <6>
• Prospect
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Prospect is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <6>
• Trail
  (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
  • Trail is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trail <6>
• Tiller
  (20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Tiller
  • Tiller is located in Douglas County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Tiller <6>
• Brownsboro
  (21 miles [33.8 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
  • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
• Eagle Point
  (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
  • Eagle Point is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,656 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Point <6>
• Sams Valley
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sams Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
  • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
• White City
  (26 miles [41.8 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • White City is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White City <6>

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

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

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

Adding Persist to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Persist 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 for Persist was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Persist post office opened in 1902.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Persist.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/