Keating is an unincorporated community in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Keating lies off Keating Road north of its interchange with Oregon Route 86.[2] Keating is northeast of Baker City.[2]
Keating, Oregon | |
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Keating, Oregon
Keating, Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 44°52′27″N 117°35′26″W / 44.87417°N 117.59056°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Baker |
| Elevation | 2,723 ft (830 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1122641[1] |
The community was named for an early settler named "Uncle Tom" Keating, a former British sailor who acquired land at this location. A post office operated here from 1880 to 1975.[3]
- ^ "Keating". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 15, 2016.
- ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 79. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 525. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.