Miller, Oregon

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Miller is a former community in Sherman County, Oregon, United States, established circa 1860.{{cite book|last1=McArthur|first1= Lewis A.|last2=McArthur|first2=Lewis L.|title= Oregon Geographic Names|orig-year= 1928|year= 1974|edition= 4th|page=492|publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press|location= Portland, Oregon|oclc=1135868}} It was named for Thomas Jefferson Miller,{{cite web|url=http://shermancountyoregon.com/sherman-county/sherman-county-timelines/sherman-county-milestones/|publisher=Sherman County, Oregon|title=Sherman County Milestones|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190819064441/http://shermancountyoregon.com/sherman-county/sherman-county-timelines/sherman-county-milestones/|archive-date=August 19, 2019}} a settler of the area, also for which Miller Island on the Columbia River takes its name. Miller is contemporarily considered a ghost town.{{cite web|url=https://www.co.sherman.or.us/ghost-towns-old-west/|work=Sherman County, Oregon|title=Ghost Towns of the Old West|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819054552/https://www.co.sherman.or.us/ghost-towns-old-west/|archive-date=August 19, 2019}}

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