Mayger, Oregon

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

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|subdivision_name2 = Columbia

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|timezone = Pacific (PST)

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|postal_code = 97016

|area_code = 503 and 971

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Mayger is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.{{cite gnis|name=Mayger|id=1123873}} Fishing is important to Mayger.[http://www.traveloregon.com/Explore%20Oregon/Portland%20Metro/Attractions/Ghost%20Towns/Mayger.aspx "Mayger, Oregon"]. Travel Oregon. Retrieved October 31, 2010. It was originally the site of Frenchman Charles Mayger's Mayger Logging Company, which he sold in 1886 to William F. Slaughter.{{cite book |title=Portland, Oregon, its history and builders |last=Gaston |first=Joseph |year=1911 |publisher=S.J. Clarke Pub. Co |location=Portland |isbn=1-150-58471-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/portlandoregoni01gastgoog/page/n63 57] |url=https://archive.org/details/portlandoregoni01gastgoog}}{{cite book |title=Oregon geographic names |last=McArthur |first=Lewis A. |author2=McArthur, Lewis L |year=2003 |orig-year=1928 |publisher=Oregon Historical Society Press |location=Portland, Oregon |isbn=0-87595-277-1 |page=619}} Mayger's post office was established three years later and its first postmaster was Charles Mayger. It closed in 1961.Topinka, Lyn. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20080828192829/http://columbiariverimages.com/Regions/Places/mayger.html "Lewis and Clark's Columbia River - Mayger, Oregon"]}}. Columbia River Images. Retrieved October 31, 2010. Mayger is served by the Clatskanie, Oregon post office.