Flora, Oregon

Flora is an unincorporated community in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 35 miles north of Enterprise, just off Oregon Route 3, and is considered a ghost town. Its elevation is 4350 ft.[1] The community includes 6 mines.[2]

Flora, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Flora, Oregon in 2008
Coordinates: 45°54′01″N 117°18′36″W[1]
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyWallowa
Elevation4,350 ft (1,330 m)

History
The school in Flora

Flora was platted on April 7, 1897.[3] By 1910, it had a population of 200 residents and an eight-room school. It is considered "the most substantial town to fail" in the Northeast Oregon region.[3]

The community was named after the daughter of the first postmaster, A. D. Buzzard.[4] Flora post office operated from 1890–1966.[4] The Flora School, built in 1915, is on the National Register of Historic Places.[5] Now known as the Flora School Education Center, the schoolhouse has been restored as a pioneer arts education center.[6][7]

See also

References
  1. "Flora". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  2. "Flora, Oregon Mining Claims And Mines". The Diggings™. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  3. Bailey, Barbara Ruth (1982). Main Street: Northeastern Oregon. Oregon Historical Society. pp. 55–58. ISBN 0-87595-073-6.
  4. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  5. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 19, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-08.
  6. Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine [Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2005-01-13
  7. Archived June 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine



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