Welcome to Princeton ...

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

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

Princeton would have been located within present day Harney County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Princeton, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1910.

When the people of Princeton referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Princetonian<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Princeton is 4,110 feet [1,253 m] above sea level.<4> In other words, the elevation of Princeton is about ¾ mile [or 1¼ km] above sea level.

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

Note: If you leave Princeton and travel east, you will leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

Princeton would have been located in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes.

Communities Also Named Princeton ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 43 communities that are also named Princeton - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas (2), British Columbia, California (3), Colorado, Florida, Georgia (2), Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas (2), Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, Newfoundland and Labrador, North Carolina, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, South Carolina (2), Tennessee, Texas (2), Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Princeton ...

We have created a list of 4 communities that are near Princeton.

• Crane
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Crane is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane <6>
• Diamond
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Diamond is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <6>
• Lawen
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawen
  • Lawen is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawen <6>
• Riverside
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverside
  • Riverside is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Riverside <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 Princeton. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Princeton.

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

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

Adding Princeton to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Princeton post office opened in 1910.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Princeton.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Harney County: www.co.harney.or.us/

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