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1124: 62: 92: 45: 1270: 99: 69: 321:. The name of the community stemmed from a drawing from a group of names submitted by local residents that was drawn out of a hat by Kent's first postmaster, according to the original residents. Milton H. Bennett was that postmaster, who ran the post office beginning in about 1887. The name was suggested because it was short and easy to write. 1334: 1090: 44: 1315: 1047: 1339: 329:
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 68.1 °F (20.1 °C). According to the
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Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
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Kent was the site of a railway station, originally called
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Unincorporated communities in Sherman County, Oregon
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Unincorporated community
Old grain elevator in Kent
Kent, Oregon is located in Oregon
Kent, Oregon is located in the United States
45°11′42″N 120°41′39″W / 45.19500°N 120.69417°W / 45.19500; -120.69417
Country
State
Oregon
County
Sherman
Time zone
UTC-8
Pacific (PST)
DST
UTC-7
ZIP code
Area code(s)
458 and 541
GNIS
unincorporated
rural
hamlet
Sherman County
Oregon
ZIP code
U.S. Route 97
Grass Valley
Shaniko
Columbia Southern Railway
Köppen Climate Classification

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