Welcome to Venator ...

Venator is located in Harney County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Venator, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1895.

Venator is 3,760 feet [1,146 m] above sea level.<2> In other words, the altitude of Venator is about ¾ mile [or ~1¼ km] above sea level.

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

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

Area Codes for Venator: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Venator ...

We have created a list of 6 communities that are near Venator.

• Crane
  (14 miles [22.5 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crane
  • Crane is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Crane <4>
• Princeton ‑ Historic
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Princeton
  • Princeton is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Princeton <4>
• Riverside
  (15 miles [24.1 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 <4>
• Lawen
  (25 miles [40.2 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lawen
  • Lawen is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Lawen <4>
• Diamond
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Diamond
  • Diamond is located in Harney County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Diamond <4>
• Juntura
  (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Juntura
  • Juntura is located in Malheur County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Juntura <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 Venator. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Venator.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Venator ...

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

Adding Venator to Our Gazetteer ...

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

X2X - From that list, the Venator post office opened in 1895.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Venator.

Off-the-Road Links ...

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for Venator. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

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

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