Eightmile is an unincorporated community

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 in Morrow County, Oregon

Morrow County, Oregon

Morrow County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon, on the south side of the Columbia River. It is included in the 8 county definition of Eastern Oregon. The county is named for one of its first white settlers, Jackson L. Morrow, who was a member of the state legislature when the county...

, United States

United States

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, on Oregon Route 206 (the Wasco-Heppner Highway).

The town was named by pioneer ranchers after its location on Eightmile Canyon, which was so named because its mouth was about eight miles up Willow Creek from the Columbia River

Columbia River

The Columbia River is the largest river in the Pacific Northwest region of North America. The river rises in the Rocky Mountains of British Columbia, Canada, flows northwest and then south into the U.S. state of Washington, then turns west to form most of the border between Washington and the state...

. Eightmile post office was established in 1883 and closed in 1941.

External links

• Historic image of the road between Lonerock and Eightmile from Salem Public Library