Waterman, Oregon

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

{{Other uses|Waterman (disambiguation){{!}}Waterman}}

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

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| official_name = Waterman, Oregon

| settlement_type = Unincorporated community

| image_skyline = Ruins at Waterman Oregon.jpg

| imagesize = 300px

| image_caption = Derelict building at Waterman

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| pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Oregon

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| named_for = Ezekial Waterman, who settled here in 1862, or his son, John W. Waterman{{cite book| title = Oregon Geographic Names | edition = 7th

| last1 = McArthur | first1 = Lewis A.

| author1-link = Lewis A. McArthur

| author2 = Lewis L. McArthur | author2-link = Lewis L. McArthur

| year = 2003 | orig-year = First published 1928

| publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press | location = Portland, Oregon

| page = 1015

| isbn = 0-87595-277-1

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = United States

| subdivision_type1 = State

| subdivision_name1 = Oregon

| subdivision_type2 = County

| subdivision_name2 = Wheeler

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| coordinates = {{coord|44|37|10|N|119|53|25|W|region:US-OR|display=inline,title}}

| timezone = PST

| utc_offset = -8

| timezone_DST = PDT

| utc_offset_DST = -7

| elevation_ft = 3947

| area_code = 541

| footnotes = Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey{{cite gnis|id=1161577|name=Waterman (historical) |entrydate=November 28, 1980 |access-date= August 17, 2011}}

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Waterman, also known as Waterman Flat, is an unincorporated community in Wheeler County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Waterman lies southeast of Richmond and northeast of Mitchell at the intersection of Richmond Road, Parrish Creek Road, and Waterman Road. Waterman Road intersects U.S. Route 26 about {{convert|10|mi|km}} south of Waterman.{{cite book |title=Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition=7th |publisher=DeLorme |location=Yarmouth, Maine |page=77 |isbn=978-0-89933-347-2}} The cattle-ranching community had a post office from 1887 to 1944. Caleb N. Thornburg was the first postmaster.

In the late 19th century, Waterman Flat was a stagecoach stop with a hotel and a livery stable. By 1975, the ruins of a barn were all that remained.{{cite book |title=Glimpses of Wheeler County's Past: An Early History of North Central Oregon |editor-last=Fussner |editor-first=F. Smith |year=1975 |publisher=Binford & Mort |location=Portland, Oregon |page=60 |isbn=0-8323-0249-X}}