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Cabin Creek

Ghost town · Union County, Oregon

Rondowa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000)
Rondowa quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1964, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Cabin Creek is a ghost town in Union County, Oregon. It is one of 6 former communities in Union County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 23rd among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Cabin Creek as a historical populated place on the Rondowa topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 45.6860° N, 117.8719° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleRondowa
Elevation2,616 ft
Nearest living townElgin, OR
Distance to it8.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1152833
Coordinates45.68597, -117.87188

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What's there now

Cabin Creek is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Elgin, OR (population 1,592), about 8.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 2,616 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Cabin Creek?

Cabin Creek is in Union County, Oregon, at 45.6860, -117.8719.

How many ghost towns are in Union County?

Union County, Oregon has 6 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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