Encina, Oregon
Encina is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.[1] Encina is located about 10 miles southeast of Baker City near exit 313 of U.S. Route 30/Interstate 84.[1][2]
Encina is Spanish for "evergreen oak".[3] The railroad siding of the Union Pacific Railroad mainline at this locale was named "Oak Cut" at the time of its construction, but the name was "cumbersome" so it was renamed by railroad agent J. C. Mayo, who had lived in Mexico.[3]
Railway history
Encina is the summit of the Huntington Subdivision mainline.[citation needed] The tracks that go through Encina were originally owned by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company that built the railroad from 1882 to 1884.
References
- ^ a b "Encina". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. June 1, 1992. Retrieved March 29, 2014.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 79. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 331. ISBN 978-0875952772.
External links
- Images of Encina from Flickr
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