McEwen, Oregon

McEwen is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.^[1] McEwen lies on Oregon Route 7 east of its interchange with Oregon Route 410.^[2] McEwen is about 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Sumpter along the Powder River.^[2]

McEwen, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Community church in McEwen
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Coordinates: 44°42′03″N 118°06′17″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Baker
Elevation	4,150 ft (1,260 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area codes	458 and 541
GNIS feature ID	1136524[1]

McEwen was founded as a logging town, platted in 1891, and then was a rail stop on the Sumpter Valley Railway.^[3] It was named after a Mormon missionary who converted Charles W. Nibley's parents to the LDS Church.^[4]

Oregon Geographic Names links the community name to Thomas McEwen, a settler who filed a land claim here in 1888. The McEwen post office opened in 1893 and closed in 1943.^[5]