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Baker City, Baker County, Oregon Genealogy

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Baker City, Oregon
Map
Map of Baker County highlighting Baker City
Location in Baker County
Map of Oregon highlighting Baker County
Baker County's location in the state of Oregon
Coordinates: 44°46′37″N 117°49′59″W / 44.777°N 117.833°W / 44.777; -117.833
Facts
Founded 1863
Seat Baker City
Or-bakercity-ch.jpg
Address City of Baker City
1655 First Street
Baker City, OR 97814
Website: www.bakercity.com/


This article is about a city in Baker County, Oregon. For other localities, see Baker

Baker City Information

Founded in 1863, platted in 1864, 17th oldest city in Oregon, named for Baker County. Post Office established 27 March 1866 with William F. McCrary as postmaster. In 1911 the name was changed to "Baker" to conform to the new style adopted by the voters. The name was restored in a later election on 7 November 1989.

Baker City was settled for ranching and supply purposes rather than for gold.

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Baker City, Oregon

Baker City is the county seat of Baker County since 1875.

Nearby Cities

Haines, Muddy Creek, Rock Creek, North Powder (just across county line in Union County)
Pocahontas, Pine (west), Wingville Richland, Keating, Carson, Halfway, Pine (east), Oxbow, Robinette
Baker City, Oregon
Durkee, Huntington, Sumpter, Bourne, Granite, Greenhorn, Hereford, Unity, Pleasant Valley, Grant and Malheur Counties (as driving goes)

Resources

=== Archives and Libraries ===p

Baker County Public Library
2400 Resort Street
Baker City, OR 97814
Facebook

Cemeteries

Baker City Chinese

many had been disinterred and sent to China or California when the Chinatown dwindled

Mount Hope

44°45′57″N 117°49′10″W / 44.7657086°N 117.8193848°W / 44.7657086; -117.8193848

St. Frances de Sales Catholic

(defunct and all remains removed to Mount Hope Cemetery)

Church History and Records

Assemblies of God

Baker City

Baptist

Calvary Baptist

Elkhorn Baptist

First Baptist

Bible Fellowship

Baker Bible Fellowship

Christian Church

Baker City

Christian Center

Christian Science

Church of Christ

Church of God

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Baker City First Ward

Baker City Second Ward

Baker Valley Ward

Church of the Nazarene

Baker City

Community Church

Elk Horn

Episcopal

St. Stephen's

Jehovah's Witnesses

Baker City

Lutheran

Pentacostal

Victory Tabernacle

Presbyterian

First Presbyterian

Roman Catholic

St. Francis de Sales

Seventh-Day Adventist

Baker City

United Methodist

Baker City

Directories

  • Baker City (Oregon) city directories FamilySearch Catalog
  • Baker (Baker County, Oregon) city directory : including Baker County residents, rural routes, also a buyers' guide and a complete classified business directory, 1959- FamilySearch Catalog

Funeral Homes

Maps

  • Baker 1955, prepared by the Army Map Service; limited revision by U.S. Geological Survey FamilySearch Catalog

Newspapers

  • Newspaper clippings from the "Morning Democrat", Baker City, Oregon, 1905-1914 FamilySearch Catalog
    Was a early name for today's "Baker City Herald".

Vital Records

  • Funeral records of Baker, Oregon FamilySearch Catalog
    Compiled from different funeral homes. Some information may have been extracted from some obituaries.

Images of Baker City

  • Baker City, 1920s

    Baker City, 1920s

FamilySearch Center

  • 2625 Hughes Lane, Baker City. Call ahead for times - (541) 523-2397 - More details

Societies, Libraries and Museums

Websites

References

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