Hinkle, Oregon
Hinkle, Oregon | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Umatilla |
| Elevation | 620 ft (190 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136381[1] |
| Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System | |
Hinkle is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is south of Hermiston near U.S. Route 30/Interstate 84 and Oregon Route 207, within the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area.[1] It is the site of the Union Pacific Railroad's (UP) Hinkle Locomotive Service and Repair Facility, part of the Hinkle Freight Classification Yard.[2]
Hinkle was a railway junction where a cutoff to Boardman rejoined the main line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company that ran from Umatilla to Huntington.[2] When the cutoff was built in 1915, a station was needed at the junction with the main line, and Joseph T. Hinkle, a prominent local attorney, newspaper editor and politician, sold the railroad a small amount of land for that purpose.[2][3] The station was named in his honor.[2] According to the compilers of Oregon Geographic Names, the community of Hinkle "languished in obscurity for a third of a century", until 1951, when the completion of the McNary Dam flooded the former route of the UP's line.[2] When the tracks were relocated, UP built a major yard at the junction, expanding it beginning in 1976.[2]
From 1977 until 1997, Hinkle was a passenger stop on Amtrak's Pioneer route; the station code was HIK.[4][5] Hinkle was previously a stop on the UP's City of Portland route, with connections to Chicago.[6][7] The station code used by train telegraphers and trainmen was UK.
References
- ^ a b c "Hinkle". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ a b c d e f McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 469–470. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ Gaston, Joseph; George H. Himes (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. Vol. Vol. 2. S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. pp. 473–474.
{{cite book}}:|volume=has extra text (help) - ^ "Guiding Amtrak". The Register-Guard. May 31, 1977. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ "Hinkle-Hermiston, Oregon (HIK)". Trainweb. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ "Now New, Faster More Convenient Rail Service East on Union Pacific (advertisement)". Spokane Daily Chronicle. October 14, 1959. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
- ^ Associated Press (July 17, 1967). "Rail Walkout Spreads East". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
External links
- Images of Hinkle from Flickr
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