Ferndale, Oregon
{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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|timezone = Pacific (PST)
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|elevation_ft = 843
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Ferndale is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. It is near the Oregon–Washington border east of Oregon Route 339 and west of Oregon Route 11 about {{convert|4|mi|km|0}} north of Milton-Freewater.{{cite book |title= Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition= 7th |year= 2008 |publisher= DeLorme |location= Yarmouth, Maine |isbn= 0-89933-347-8 |page=74}}
Ferndale was once a station on the Walla Walla Valley Railway, which served the local fruit orchards, and the site of a fruit-packing warehouse.{{cite web|url= http://www.wwvrailway.com/virtual2.htm|title= Virtual Tour Part 2|publisher= The Virtual Walla Walla Valley Railway|accessdate= 2011-01-06|archive-url= https://archive.today/20041120033820/http://www.wwvrailway.com/virtual2.htm|archive-date= 2004-11-20|url-status= dead}}{{cite web |url= http://www.wwvrailway.com/history%202.htm |title= WWV History, Part Two: 1931-1945: NP Control and the Growth of Freight Traffic |publisher= The Virtual Walla Walla Valley Railway |accessdate= 2011-03-25}} The next station south on the line was at Sunnyside. Ferndale Elementary School is part of the Milton-Freewater Unified School District.{{cite web|url=http://fdes.miltfree.k12.or.us/node/2 |title=Ferndale Elementary: About Us |publisher=Milton-Freewater Unified School District |accessdate=2011-03-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110816023641/http://fdes.miltfree.k12.or.us/node/2 |archivedate=2011-08-16 }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.wwvrailway.com/images/ferndaleshed.jpg Image of old fruit packing shed in Ferndale] on former WWVR right-of-way
{{Umatilla County, Oregon}}
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Category:Unincorporated communities in Umatilla County, Oregon
Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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