Gooseberry, Oregon

Gooseberry is a former unincorporated community in Morrow County, Oregon, United States. Gooseberry lay along Ione–Gooseberry Road at its intersection with Oregon Route 206 between Heppner to the east and Condon to the west.^[2] There are currently only tended private fields where Gooseberry once stood.

Gooseberry, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 45°17′32″N 119°53′31″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Morrow
Elevation [1]	2,438 ft (743 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area codes	458 and 541
GNIS feature ID	1136327[1]

History

Cattlemen began referring to the location as Gooseberry Spring as early as 1872. Its name came from a large wild gooseberry bush near the spring. A Gooseberry post office operated in the community from 1884 through 1918.^[3]