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Welcome to Tyee ...

Tyee is located in Douglas County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Tyee, you might consider that their post office opened in 1901.

Tyee is 290 feet [88 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Tyee: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Tyee ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Tyee - they are located in Alaska, British Columbia and Washington.

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

Communities near Tyee ...

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

  • Roseburg
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southeast)
  • Sutherlin
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Drain
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
    • Drain is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Drain
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,201 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Drain <4>
  • Yoncalla
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Oakland
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
  • Elkton
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)
  • Umpqua
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
  • Kellogg
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the north)
    • Kellogg is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kellogg
  • Cleveland
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
    • Cleveland is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cleveland
  • Isadore
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
    • Isadore is located in Douglas County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Isadore

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Tyee ...

Looking for more information about Tyee? 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 Tyee, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Tyee.

Adding Tyee to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Tyee 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 Tyee was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Tyee post office opened in 1901. The Tyee post office closed in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Tyee.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Douglas, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Tyee - 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 Tyee area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Tyee 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.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

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