Editing Malheur County, Oregon (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|9930|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|9888|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|42|sqmi}}, comprising 0.4%, is water.<ref name="GR1">{{Cite web |date=August 22, 2012 |title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files |url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_41.txt |access-date=February 26, 2015 |publisher=United States Census Bureau}}</ref> It is the second-largest county in Oregon by area and the only county in Oregon in the [[Mountain Time Zone]].[[File:PillarsOfRomePano1.jpg|thumb|800px|Pillars of Rome, from [[U.S. Route 95|US 95]] near [[Rome, Oregon|Rome]]|none]]

===Adjacent counties===
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* [[Grant County, Oregon|Grant County]] - northwest/Pacific Time Border
* [[Baker County, Oregon|Baker County]] - north/Pacific Time Border
* [[Washington County, Idaho|Washington County]], [[Idaho]] - northeast
* [[Payette County, Idaho|Payette County]], [[Idaho]] - east
* [[Canyon County, Idaho|Canyon County]], [[Idaho]] - east
* [[Owyhee County, Idaho|Owyhee County]], [[Idaho]] - east
* [[Humboldt County, Nevada|Humboldt County]], [[Nevada]] - south
* [[Harney County, Oregon|Harney County]] - west/Pacific Time Border
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===National protected areas===
*[[Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
*[[Malheur National Forest]] (part)
*[[Whitman National Forest]] (part)
{{See also|Bully Creek Reservoir}}

===Highways===
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===Railroads===
{{Main|Oregon Eastern Railroad}}The main railroad in Malheur County is the [[Oregon Eastern Railroad]]. This line goes from Ontario to the Celatom Plant in Vale.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Celatom Plant Vale, Oregon Location {{!}} EP Minerals |url=https://epminerals.com/about-us/careers/locations/vale-oregon/ |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=epminerals.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=jagtransport |date=December 22, 2022 |title=Oregon Eastern Railroad |url=https://jag-transport.com/oregon-eastern-railroad/ |access-date=March 2, 2023 |website=Jaguar Transport |language=en-US}}</ref> This railroad is all that remains of the [[Wyoming Colorado Railroad]], a shot line between [[Colorado]], [[Wyoming]] and [[Oregon]].[[File:OERR 3600.jpg|OERR locomotive at [[Vale, Oregon|Vale]]|thumb|330px|none]]
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===Time zones===
[[File:Malheur County.svg|alt=Map of Malheur County|thumb|Map of Malheur County]] [[File:UTC hue4map US-OR.svg|thumb|Most of Malheur County (shown in purple) is in the [[Mountain Time Zone]]; a small portion in the southern part of the county is in the [[Pacific Time Zone]] along with the rest of the state of Oregon and neighboring [[Nevada]].]]
{{Further|Time in Oregon}}
As with many cities, Malheur County's cities had functioned with both city time and railroad time. This changed by order of the Interstate Commerce Commission on May, 13th 1923 with cities adopting train time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CARLSON |first=BRAD |date=2018-09-28 |title=Mountain Time no mystery to Malheur County residents |url=https://www.theotheroregon.com/the_culture/mountain-time-no-mystery-to-malheur-county-residents/article_8cf9bcfc-bad3-11e9-b531-c36cf16a5dbe.html |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=The Other Oregon |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |title=The Gate city journal. (Nyssa, Or.) 1910-1937, May 11, 1923, Image 1 « Historic Oregon Newspapers |url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn99063862/1923-05-11/ed-1/seq-1/ |access-date=2024-06-12 |website=oregonnews.uoregon.edu}}</ref> Malheur County is still one of the few counties in the United States with two time zones. Most of the county is in the [[Mountain Time Zone]], but a small portion in the south is in the [[Pacific Time Zone]], indicative of that area's proximity to its main service town, [[Winnemucca, Nevada]].