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Welcome to Sturgill ...

Sturgill is located in Baker County<1>.

Sturgill is 2,220 feet [677 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Sturgill is about ½ mile above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Sturgill: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Sturgill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Sturgill - it's located in Maryland.

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

Communities near Sturgill ...

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

  • Halfway
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Richland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Robinette ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Robinette is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Robinette
  • New Bridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
    • New Bridge is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for New Bridge
  • Jimtown
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jimtown is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Jimtown
  • Sparta ‑ Historic
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Sparta is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sparta
  • Durkee
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Weatherby
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
    • Weatherby is located in Baker County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby
  • Cambridge
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the east)
  • Midvale
    (22 miles [35.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Midvale is located in Washington County (ID)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Midvale
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 162 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Midvale <4>

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Sturgill ...

Looking for more information about Sturgill? 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.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Sturgill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Sturgill.

Adding Sturgill to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Sturgill 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 Sturgill was mentioned on a train schedule titled Union Pacific Railroad Time Tables (September 1924).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Sturgill.

Footnotes ...

<1>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.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Sturgill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>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 Sturgill area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Sturgill area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.