| Official Name: | Dardanelles, Oregon |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Dardanelles |
| Pushpin Label Position: | top |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jackson |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | −08:00 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | −07:00 |
| Elevation Ft: | 1066 |
| Coordinates: | 42.4289°N -123.0581°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1159044[1] |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System |
Dardanelles is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.[1] It lies opposite the city of Gold Hill on the south side of the Rogue River.[2] Interstate 5 and Oregon Route 99 pass by Gold Hill and Dardanelles.[3]
William G. T'Vault, who founded the community in the 1850s, chose the name apparently because the river here runs through a narrow stretch between hills and may have reminded him of the Dardanelles between Asia and Europe.[4] T'Vault was the first postmaster of a post office established here in 1852 and which operated intermittently until 1878.[4] Although a place of importance in early Oregon, little of the community remains.[4] Author Ralph Friedman says in In Search of Western Oregon, "Today most people in Gold Hill know of Dardanelles only because a [local] service station bears that name."[5]