Dixie is an unincorporated historic community in Grant County, Oregon, United States. [1] It was a station on the Sumpter Valley Railway near Dixie Summit. [2] The station was named for Dixie Creek, a tributary of the John Day River near Prairie City. [2] The creek was named for the many gold miners from the U.S. South (nicknamed " Dixie") who worked claims on the creek. [2]
References
- ^ "Dixie (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved 2011-03-05.
- ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 293. ISBN 978-0875952772.
44°32′00″N 118°34′39″W / 44.533214°N 118.577446°W
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