Riley, Oregon is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 community in Harney County

Harney County, Oregon

-National protected areas:*Malheur National Forest *Malheur National Wildlife Refuge*Ochoco National Forest -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 7,609 people, 3,036 households, and 2,094 families residing in the county. The population density was 1 people per square mile...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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. The center of the community is at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 395 and U.S. Highway 20, milepost 104. Riley is about 28 miles (45.1 km) west of Burns

Burns, Oregon

Burns is a city in and the county seat of Harney County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 2,806.-History:Burns was established in the early 1880s and incorporated upon Harney county's creation in 1889...

, the seat of Harney County. The elevation of Riley is 4226 feet (1,288.1 m).

Riley is farming and ranching community. Farmers grow alfalfa

Alfalfa

Alfalfa is a flowering plant in the pea family Fabaceae cultivated as an important forage crop in the US, Canada, Argentina, France, Australia, the Middle East, South Africa, and many other countries. It is known as lucerne in the UK, France, Australia, South Africa and New Zealand, and known as...

, hay

Hay

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, and root crops.

A post office named Riley was established in about 1885, and named for stockman Amos Riley of the ranch

Ranch

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ing partnership Riley and Hardin. There was a Hardin post office located 75 miles (120.7 km) northwest of Riley, so the people who lived on Silver Creek suggested the new post office be called Riley. Riley's post office closed in 1919, but was reopened in 1949 after an office called Suntex was closed.

The Oregon Department of Transportation has a camera for road and weather conditions located at the intersection of U.S. 20 and U.S. 395 in Riley, facing west-northwest.

Transporation

• The Eastern Point is an intercity bus
  Intercity bus
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   offering service between Bend
  Bend, Oregon
  Bend is a city in and the county seat of Deschutes County, Oregon, United States, and the principal city of the Bend, Oregon Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bend is Central Oregon's largest city, and, despite its modest size, is the de facto metropolis of the region, owing to the low population...
  
   and Ontario
  Ontario, Oregon
  Ontario is the largest city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It lies along the Snake River at the Idaho border. The population was 10,985 at the 2000 census, with an estimated population of 11,245 in 2006...
  
  , Oregon that stops in Riley.

External links

• Riley, Oregon: A Brief History from Harney County Economic Development
• History of Riley from Harney County Chamber of Commerce