Post is an unincorporated community in Crook County

Crook County, Oregon

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 19,182 people, 7,354 households, and 5,427 families residing in the county. The population density was 6 people per square mile . There were 8,264 housing units at an average density of 3 per square mile...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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. It has a post office

Post office

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 assigned the ZIP code

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 of 97752. Post lies along Oregon Route 380

Oregon Route 380

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 southeast of Prineville

Prineville, Oregon

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at 44.1623540°N 120.4900050°W at an elevation of 3383 feet (1,031.1 m).

Post is named for the geological marker in a field nearby: a post marking the geographic center of the state of Oregon.