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Welcome to Robinette ...

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

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

Robinette would have been located within present day Baker County<2>.

Robinette was established in 1898. The community was inundated by the Brownlee Reservoir.

The origin (or the toponymy) of Robinette: Named after James Robinette.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Robinette is 2,070 feet [631 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Note: If you travel east from Robinette (for example, toward Council (ID)), you will soon leave Pacific Time and cross into the Mountain Time Zone (MST/MDT).

The Area Codes where Robinette was located: 541 & 458<4>

Communities Also Named Robinette ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 2 communities that are also named Robinette - they are located in Texas and West Virginia.

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

Communities near Robinette ...

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

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

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

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

Adding Robinette to Our Gazetteer ...

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

From that list, the Robinette post office opened in 1909.

We also found Robinette mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Robinette.

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 Robinette, 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 Baker, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Robinette - 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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Robinette area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Robinette 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>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.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

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