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Porterville

Ghost town · Grant County, Oregon

Granite quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000)
Granite quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1972, 1:24,000) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Porterville is a ghost town in Grant County, Oregon. It is one of 6 former communities in Grant County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 21st among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Porterville as a historical populated place on the Granite 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 44.7957° N, 118.3952° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleGranite
Elevation4,689 ft
Nearest living townGranite, OR
Distance to it1.5 miles
GNIS feature ID1147914
Coordinates44.79570, -118.39522

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What's there now

Porterville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Granite, OR (population 80), about 1.5 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 4,689 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 Porterville?

Porterville is in Grant County, Oregon, at 44.7957, -118.3952.

How many ghost towns are in Grant County?

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

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