Cairo, Oregon

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Cairo is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. Its elevation is 2192 feet (668 m). It is about four miles (6 km) southwest of Ontario and a half mile north of Cairo Junction, an intersection where U.S. Route 20/U.S. Route 26, running concurrently with Oregon Route 201, turn south towards Nyssa. OR 201 also continues north from Cairo Junction through Cairo and towards Ontario. Cairo was a station on the Oregon Short Line Railroad to Ontario. It is now part of the Union Pacific mainline, which continues along the former ORN&N line to Portland. Cairo Elementary School in Cairo Junction is part of the Ontario School District; the school was started in 1957.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairo,_Oregon
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Coordinates:   43°59'26"N   117°0'30"W
This article was last modified 13 years ago