| Official Name: | Venator, Oregon |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Venator |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Harney |
| Timezone: | Pacific |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | Pacific |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Area Code: | 541 |
| Coordinates: | 43.3481°N -118.3053°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 3766 |
| Footnotes: | Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[1] |
Venator is an unincorporated community in Harney County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is on Crane–Venator Road about 17miles southeast of Crane, near the South Fork Malheur River.[2]
Alphena Venator, a native of Linn County, settled in Harney County as a youth in 1872.[3] [4] Alphena's father Jezreel is the namesake for Venator Canyon in Harney and Malheur counties.[3] [4] When Alphena established a livestock ranch in the area in 1884, the locale soon became known as "Venator".[3] Venator post office was established in 1895, with Louella Venator as the first postmaster.[3] The office was later moved two and a half miles north to a station on the now-abandoned Oregon Eastern Branch (or Burns Branch) of the Union Pacific railroad.[3] As of 1976, there were only six buildings and a corral at the site, although at one time there was a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp in the area.
Venator is in Harney County School District 4 (Crane School, grades K-8) and Harney County Union High School District 1J (Crane Union High School).[5] [6]