Hinkle, Oregon

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Hinkle, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Hinkle, Oregon is located in Oregon
Hinkle, Oregon
Hinkle, Oregon
Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates: 45°47′47″N 119°18′44″W / 45.79639°N 119.31222°W / 45.79639; -119.31222Coordinates: 45°47′47″N 119°18′44″W / 45.79639°N 119.31222°W / 45.79639; -119.31222
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyUmatilla
Elevation
620 ft (190 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1136381[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System

Hinkle is an unincorporated community along the Umatilla River in northwestern Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is south of Hermiston, near Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30 and Oregon Route 207, within the Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area.[1] It is the site of the Union Pacific Railroad's (UP) Hinkle Locomotive Service and Repair Facility, part of the Hinkle Freight Classification Yard.[2]

History[]

The former Hinkle Amtrak station, September 1982

Hinkle was a railway junction where a cutoff to Boardman rejoined the main line of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company that ran from Umatilla to Huntington.[2] When the cutoff was built in 1915, a station was needed at the junction with the main line, and Joseph T. Hinkle, a prominent local attorney, newspaper editor and politician, sold the railroad a small amount of land for that purpose.[2][3] The station was named in his honor.[2] According to the compilers of Oregon Geographic Names, the community of Hinkle "languished in obscurity for a third of a century", until 1951, when the completion of the McNary Dam flooded the former route of the UP's line.[2] When the tracks were relocated, UP built a major yard at the junction, expanding it beginning in 1976.[2]

From 1977 until 1997, Hinkle was a passenger stop on Amtrak's Pioneer route; the station code was HIK.[4][5] Hinkle was previously a stop on the UP's City of Portland route, with connections to Chicago.[6][7] The station code used by train telegraphers and trainmen was UK.

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hinkle
  2. ^ a b c d e f McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 469–470. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  3. ^ Gaston, Joseph; George H. Himes (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. Vol. 2. S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. pp. 473–474.
  4. ^ "Guiding Amtrak". The Register-Guard. May 31, 1977. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  5. ^ "Hinkle-Hermiston, Oregon (HIK)". Trainweb. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  6. ^ "Now New, Faster More Convenient Rail Service East on Union Pacific (advertisement)". Spokane Daily Chronicle. October 14, 1959. Retrieved August 13, 2011.
  7. ^ Associated Press (July 17, 1967). "Rail Walkout Spreads East". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved August 13, 2011.

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