McKay, Oregon

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

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|subdivision_name2 = Umatilla

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|timezone = Pacific (PST)

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|timezone_DST = PDT

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|postal_code_type = ZIP code

|postal_code = 97868

|area_code = 458 and 541

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McKay is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.{{cite gnis

| id = 1136526

| name = McKay

| accessdate = 2010-12-14}} Its name accompanies McKay Creek, which is named for Dr. William Cameron McKay,{{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

|pages=626–627}}

located in Umatilla County at North McKay Creek Road (County 1050 Rd.) on Ross Road.

It has been the site of discovery of ancient bird fossils.{{cite journal

|doi=10.2307/1365194

|last1=Brodkorb |first1=Pierce

|year=1958 |title=Birds from the middle pliocene of McKay, Oregon

|journal=The Condor |volume=60 |issue=July |pages=252–255

|url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/condor/v060n04/p0252-p0255.pdf |access-date=2010-12-14

|jstor=1365194}}