Oregon, Kentucky

Oregon, Kentucky
Unincorporated community
Oregon is located in Kentucky
Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is located in the United States
Oregon
Oregon
Coordinates: 37°54′44″N 84°49′25″W / 37.91222°N 84.82361°W / 37.91222; -84.82361
CountryUnited States
StateKentucky
CountyMercer
Elevation
[1]
522 ft (159 m)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern (EST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (EDT)
GNIS feature ID499992[1]

Oregon is an unincorporated community in Mercer County, Kentucky, in the United States.[1] The community was originally founded as McGary's Station, named after Hugh McGary. Oregon was considered one of the area's centers of the hog trade by 1846.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oregon, Kentucky
  2. ^ Collins, Lewis (1877). History of Kentucky. p. 603.


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