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Fort Rock, Oregon

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The Rock View Apartments burned down in 2012; the land on which the apartments was located was owned by the Fort Rock Care Center, which planned to donate it to the Fort Rock Historical Society in 2013. The senior apartments were only six years old when they burned.
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The community of Fort Rock was named after the natural feature Fort Rock by the town's founder, Ray Nash. Fort Rock post office was established in 1908 under postmaster Josiah Thomas Rhoton. The
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or were being vandalized in their remote locations. Buildings include a church, a log cabin, a doctor's office, a school, a land office, and several other cabins and houses.
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Fort Rock had a general store that was in operation since the early 1900s. The store, which also included a gas station, closed in May 2013. As of September 2014, the
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Today, the Fort Rock community is supported by alfalfa farming, cattle ranching, and tourism. As of 2023, the town’s population was estimated to be 134 people.
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The Fort Rock community is located approximately 1 mile southeast of Fort Rock State Natural Area.
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Today, many of the buildings in Fort Rock are part of the Fort Rock Valley Historical Society's
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had entered into a prospective purchaser agreement to reopen the store after performing needed
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This article is about the community in Oregon. For the natural feature in Oregon, see
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Photos of Fort Rock buildings at the Fort Rock Valley Historical Homestead Museum
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climate with cold winters and warm summers featuring colder nights due to large
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Climate data for Fort Rock, Oregon, 1990–2020 normals, extremes 1948-present
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Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
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Fort Rock
Fort Rock Cave
Unincorporated community
View of Fort Rock from Fort Rock State Park
Fort Rock is located in Oregon
Fort Rock is located in the United States
43°21′23″N 121°03′14″W / 43.3565237°N 121.0538935°W / 43.3565237; -121.0538935
Country
State
Oregon
County
Lake
Time zone
UTC−08:00
Pacific
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UTC−07:00
ZIP Code
unincorporated community
Lake County
Oregon
Fort Rock State Natural Area
Fort Rock Valley
homestead
World War I
Silver Lake


Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
underground storage tank

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