Ordnance, Oregon Explained

Ordnance
Settlement Type:Ghost town
Pushpin Map:USA Oregon
Pushpin Map Caption:Location within the state of Oregon
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Oregon
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Umatilla
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population As Of:2000
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone:Pacific (PST)
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation Ft:587
Coordinates:45.7967°N -119.4169°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:97882
Area Code:541
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1136600

Ordnance is a ghost town in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States, southwest of Hermiston on Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30, near the intersection with Interstate 82. In 1941, the United States Department of War commissioned the establishment of Umatilla Ordnance Depot in northern Umatilla County; it was later renamed Umatilla Army Depot and then Umatilla Chemical Depot. The town was named after the depot, and Ordnance post office was established in 1943. Due to gradual reductions in military funding for the area after World War II, by the 1960s, Ordnance was no longer a community.[1]

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  1. Web site: Oral history. Center for Columbia River History. Fuzi. Donna. April 8, 1999. October 16, 2011.