Klamath Agency, Oregon | |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon#USA |
Pushpin Label: | Klamath Agency |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within Oregon and the United States |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Klamath |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
Elevation Ft: | 4180 |
Coordinates: | 42.6181°N -121.9339°W |
Blank1 Name: | 1144657 GNIS feature ID |
Klamath Agency is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States,[1] on Oregon Route 62 where Agency Creek enters Crooked Creek.[2]
Klamath Agency was an Indian agency for the Klamath Indian Reservation established May 12, 1866, on the shore of Agency Lake.[3] The current site of the former agency is 3miles north of that location.[3] The Klamath Reservation was terminated in 1961, but the community at Klamath Agency still exists.[3] Klamath Agency post office was established in 1878 and ran until 1965, when the mail was instead routed to Chiloquin.[3]
In 1870, there was a sawmill at the agency; it burned down in 1911.[4] In the 1890s, Klamath Agency was the site of two Indian boarding schools—one for boys and one for girls.[5]
In 1945, Ray Enouf Field was dedicated at the agency. The airfield was named in honor of the only Klamath Indian to die in World War II.[6] Raymond L. Enouf was a Marine private first class, who was killed while acting as a medic in the front lines during the Battle of Iwo Jima.[6]
The Klamath Agency is now home of the Sage Community Charter School.