De Moss Springs, Oregon
Unincorporated community
De Moss Park
De Moss Park
De Moss Springs, Oregon is located in Oregon
De Moss Springs, Oregon
De Moss Springs, Oregon
De Moss Springs, Oregon is located in the United States
De Moss Springs, Oregon
De Moss Springs, Oregon
Coordinates: 45°30′40″N 120°40′59″W / 45.51111°N 120.68306°W / 45.51111; -120.68306
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountySherman
Elevation
1,572 ft (479 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1158197[1]

De Moss Springs is an unincorporated community in Sherman County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It is about 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Moro along U.S. Route 97.[2]

De Moss Springs had a post office from 1887 to 1923. In 1900, the Columbia Southern Railway established a station known as De Moss along its line to Shaniko. The springs and station were named for the De Moss family, which grew wheat, operated a recreation park at the springs, and formed a musical touring company called the Lyric Bards. The leader of the company, James M. De Moss, had moved to Sherman County from North Powder in 1883. He had managed the stagecoach station in North Powder.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "De Moss Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 72. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 278. ISBN 978-0875952772.


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