Nolin, Oregon | |
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Coordinates: 45°40′59″N 119°06′02″W / 45.68306°N 119.10056°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Umatilla |
Elevation | 738 ft (225 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP code | 97826 |
Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
GNIS feature ID | 1136575 [1] |
Nolin is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. [1] Nolin is about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Echo, next to the Umatilla River. [2] At one time the area was known as "Happy Canyon". [3] Adam "Ad" W. Nye, a settler of the 1860s, named the Nolin area Happy Canyon, for the spirit of the people who lived there. [3] The name was later adopted by Pendleton Round-Up for its indoor show in commemoration of this time. [3] Nye was County Sheriff in 1872–74. [3] The nearby community of Nye was named for him. [4]
At one time Nolin had a post office, a store, and a school. [3] [5] [6] Nolin also has a cemetery. [7] An Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (now Union Pacific) railroad line was built through Nolin, crossing the Umatilla River on a steel bridge constructed in 1907. [8] [9]
The Cunningham Sheep Ranch, founded in the 1880s by Charles Cunningham, is based in Nolin. [3] It was once one of the largest sheep-raising operations in the United States. Today it raises rambouillet sheep. [3]