| Lime, Oregon | |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Pushpin Map: | USA#Oregon |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Label Position: | left#right |
| Pushpin Label: | Lime |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Baker |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 2234 |
| Coordinates: | 44.4067°N -117.3114°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Area Code: | 458 and 541 |
| Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank Info: | 1167713[1] |
Lime is an unincorporated community and ghost town in the northwest United States, located in Baker County, Oregon.[1] 5miles north of Huntington on Interstate 84 (& U.S. Route 30), it is near the confluence of Marble Creek and the Burnt River on the Union Pacific Railroad. The historic Oregon Trail passes through Lime.[2]
The Lime post office was established in 1899.[3] The deposits of limestone in the area were manufactured into lime that supplied a large area of Eastern Oregon and western Idaho.[3] [4] The Acme Cement Plaster Company built a plant at Lime in 1916 to produce plaster,[3] then the Sun Portland Cement Company bought the plant in 1921 and built another facility for producing Portland cement.[3] In 1926, the company merged with Oregon Portland Cement Company from Portland; by the 1960s, the Lime facility produced 1,200,000 barrels a year.[3] In 1940, the community at its peak had a population of 18.[5] The town began to decline when the post office closed in 1964.
As the nearby limestone deposits were depleted, limestone was brought from the Nelson area near Durkee.[3] A new plant was built at Nelson in 1979 and the facility at Lime was closed in 1980.[3] Oregon Portland Cement Company merged with the Ash Grove Cement Company in 1983.[3] [6]
In 1999, Baker County took possession of the site of the closed factory for back taxes. In 2018, the plant was scheduled for demolition; crews arrived that April to begin the work.[7]