Keating, Oregon

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}

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|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|subdivision_name = United States

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|subdivision_name1 = Oregon

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Baker

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|timezone = Pacific (PST)

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|area_code = 458 and 541

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|blank_info =1122641{{cite web | work = Geographic Names Information System| publisher = United States Geological Survey | date =November 28, 1980| url ={{Gnis3|1122641}}| title = Keating| access-date =November 15, 2016}}

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Keating is an unincorporated community in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Keating lies off Keating Road north of its interchange with Oregon Route 86.{{cite book |title= Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition= 7th |year= 2008 |publisher= DeLorme |location= Yarmouth, Maine |isbn= 0-89933-347-8 |page= 79}} Keating is northeast of Baker City.

The community was named after an early settler named "Uncle Tom" Keating, a former British sailor who had acquired land at this location. A post office operated here from 1880 to 1975.{{cite book |last= McArthur |first= Lewis A. |author-link= Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur |title= Oregon Geographic Names |orig-year= 1928 |edition= 7th |year= 2003 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press |location= Portland, Oregon |isbn= 0-87595-277-1 |page= 525}}