Midland, Oregon | |
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Coordinates: 42°7′51″N 121°49′9″W / 42.13083°N 121.81917°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Klamath |
Elevation | 4,098 ft (1,249 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP codes | 97634 |
Midland is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States, about 8 miles (13 km) south of Klamath Falls on U.S. Route 97. The site was platted in 1908 and named Midland, with a post office established in 1909. [1] At the time it was said the name was chosen because the town was halfway between Portland and San Francisco on the proposed Cascade Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. [1] It is not halfway, however, and it is now thought that the name refers to the town's site on land partly surrounded by marshes. [1]
When the Cascade Line reached Midland, the community served as a depot and shipping point for cattle and other livestock, and it once had two general stores, a hotel with a saloon, a livery stable, a warehouse for grain and a telephone office. [2] Little remains in Midland today, but Klamath County's visitor center is located there. [2]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Midland has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [3]