Delena, Oregon | |
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  Delena  Delena | |
| Coordinates:46°05′54″N123°04′26″W / 46.09833°N 123.07389°W /46.09833; -123.07389 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Columbia |
| Elevation | 453 ft (138 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 97016 |
| Area codes | 503 and 971 |
| Coordinates and elevation fromGeographic Names Information System[1] | |
Delena is anunincorporated community inColumbia County,Oregon, United States. It lies alongU.S. Route 30 slightly west ofAlston and about halfway betweenRainier on the east andClatskanie on the west.[2]
Delena had a post office that operated intermittently from April 22, 1892, to March 15, 1922. Lincoln J. Meserve was the first of nine postmasters at this location.[3]
Accounts of the origin of the community's name have varied, according toOregon Geographic Names (OGN). It may refer to a mythological name that Meserve found in a book or it may be the name of someone in Meserve's family or it may refer to a place inNebraska. In 1947, W. N. Meserve, Meserve's brother, told the OGN compiler that the mythological explanation was correct, and the compiler could find no place named Delena in Nebraska.[3]
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