Official Name: | Camp Sherman, Oregon |
Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
Pushpin Map: | Oregon#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Camp Sherman |
Named For: | Sherman County, home of many families who spent their summer vacations here[1] |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Area Total Km2: | 8.16 |
Area Land Km2: | 8.16 |
Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
Population As Of: | 2020 |
Population Total: | 251 |
Coordinates: | 44.4603°N -121.6411°W |
Timezone: | PST |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Postal Code: | 97730 |
Elevation Ft: | 2963 |
Area Code: | 541 |
Blank Name: | FIPS code |
Blank Info: | 41-10550 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1139266 |
Footnotes: | Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[2] |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Area Footnotes: | [3] |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.15 |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 3.15 |
Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | 79.66 |
Population Density Km2: | 30.76 |
Camp Sherman is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Metolius River. The year-round population as of the 2010 census was 233,[4] with that number tripling or more during the summer. The community includes an elementary school, Black Butte School, a general store and a post office (ZIP code 97730). The community also has a volunteer fire department. Camp Sherman was founded by vacationers from Sherman County in the latter part of the 19th century.
In 1949, Luther Metke was a key builder of the Camp Sherman Community Hall, the center of social activity in the community. In February 2003 it was listed as a National Register of Historic Places due to its rustic architecture highlighting late 19th & early 20th century American movements: Bungalow/Craftsman and Western Stick architecture.[5]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Camp Sherman has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[6]