Editing Fossil, Oregon

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| leader_name        = Carol E. MacInnes
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'''Fossil''' is a city in and the [[county seat]] of [[Wheeler County, Oregon|Wheeler County]], [[Oregon]], United States.<ref name="GR6">{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |access-date=2011-06-07 |title=Find a County |publisher=National Association of Counties |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110531210815/http://www.naco.org/Counties/Pages/FindACounty.aspx |archive-date=2011-05-31 }}</ref> The name was chosen by the first postmaster, Thomas B. Hoover, who had found some [[fossil]] remains on his ranch. The population was 473 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]].<ref name="PSUCensus2010">{{cite web|title=2010 Census profiles: Oregon cities alphabetically D-G|url=http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.prc/files/media_assets/2010_PL94_cities_D-G_updated.pdf|publisher=[[Portland State University]]|access-date=2011-11-30|archive-date=September 23, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130923073106/http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.prc/files/media_assets/2010_PL94_cities_D-G_updated.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== History ==
The Fossil post office was established on February 28, 1876, on Thomas Benton Hoover's ranch along Hoover Creek. He named the place ''Fossil'' after finding fossils in a clay-like rock formation on his ranch. In 1881, Hoover and Thomas Watson opened a store near the confluence of Butte and Cottonwood creeks and moved the post office to the store. When the city was incorporated in 1891, Hoover became the first mayor.<ref name ="Glimpses">{{cite book|last=Steiwer|first=Jack|editor=Fussner, F. Smith|title=Glimpses of Wheeler County's Past|publisher = Binford & Mort|location=Portland, Oregon|year=1975|pages= 29−36|isbn=0-8323-0249-X}}</ref>

After creating Wheeler County in 1899, the [[Oregon Legislative Assembly|Oregon Legislature]] chose Fossil as the temporary county seat. A county-wide election held in 1900 to determine the permanent county seat yielded 436 votes for Fossil, 267 for [[Twickenham, Oregon|Twickenham]], and 82 for [[Spray, Oregon|Spray]].<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Stinchfield |editor-first=Janet L. |editor-last2=Stinchfield |editor-first2=McLaren E. |title=The History of Wheeler County, Oregon |publisher=Taylor Publishing Company |year=1983 |location=Dallas, Texas |pages=5−6 |oclc=10948544}}</ref>

[[Winlock W. Steiwer]] and George S. Carpenter founded Steiwer & Carpenter Bank, the first bank in the city and the county.<ref name=Oregon>Corning, Howard M. (1989) ''Dictionary of Oregon History''. Binfords & Mort Publishing. p. 234.</ref> By the early 20th&nbsp;century in addition to the bank, Fossil had a flour mill, a blacksmith shop, a drug store, a jewelry and optical store, a [[livery stable]], and three stores with general merchandise. In the 1920s, [[William Jennings Bryan]] was one of the guest speakers at a [[Chautauqua]] meeting in Fossil. Later in the decade the John Day Valley Coal & Oil Company drilled an exploratory oil well within the city limits, but it was not successful.<ref name ="Glimpses"/>

==Geography and climate==
Fossil is the county seat of Wheeler County.<ref>{{cite web  | title = Find a County  | publisher = National Association of Counties  | year = 2005  | url = http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=/cffiles/counties/usamap.cfm  | access-date = December 1, 2011  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080626200900/http://www.naco.org/Template.cfm?Section=Find_a_County&Template=%2Fcffiles%2Fcounties%2Fusamap.cfm  | archive-date = June 26, 2008  | url-status = dead  }}</ref> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.79|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web |title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2012-12-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

Fossil is located in north-central Oregon at the intersection of [[Oregon Route 19]] with [[Oregon Route 218]].<ref name="Rand McNally">{{cite map|title=The Road Atlas|publisher=Rand McNally & Company|year=2008|pages=84−85|isbn=0-528-93961-0}}</ref> Butte Creek, a tributary of the [[John Day River]], flows through the city.<ref>{{cite map|title=Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer|publisher=DeLorme Mapping|year=1991|pages=80, 84|isbn=0-89933-235-8}}</ref> The Clarno Unit of the [[John Day Fossil Beds National Monument]] is {{convert|18|mi|km}} west of the city along Route 218.<ref name="NPS Clarno">{{cite web|title= Clarno Unit|url=http://www.nps.gov/joda/clarno_unit.htm|publisher = National Park Service|date=July 25, 2006|access-date=July 8, 2011}}</ref> The city is about {{convert|30|mi|km}} northwest of Spray and about {{convert|20|mi|km}} south of [[Condon, Oregon|Condon]] along Route 19.<ref name="Rand McNally"/> By highway, [[Bend, Oregon|Bend]], to the southwest, is about a two-hour drive from Fossil, and [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], to the west, is about a three-hour drive.<ref name="About Fossil"/>

The average temperature in Fossil in January is {{convert|34.0|F|C|disp=or}}, and in August it is {{convert|64.5|F|disp=or}}. The highest recorded temperature for Fossil was {{convert|111|F|C|1}} on July 29, 2003, while the lowest recorded temperature was {{convert|-26|F|C|1}} on January 26, 1957. According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Fossil has a [[warm-summer Mediterranean climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] ''Csb'').

{{Weather box
|location = Fossil, Oregon, 1991–2020 normals, extremes 1945–present
|single line = Yes

|Jan record high F = 70
|Feb record high F = 76
|Mar record high F = 78
|Apr record high F = 87
|May record high F = 100
|Jun record high F = 108
|Jul record high F = 111
|Aug record high F = 106
|Sep record high F = 100
|Oct record high F = 98
|Nov record high F = 75
|Dec record high F = 70

|Jan avg record high F = 59.7
|Feb avg record high F = 61.8
|Mar avg record high F = 67.8
|Apr avg record high F = 75.4
|May avg record high F = 84.3
|Jun avg record high F = 91.1
|Jul avg record high F = 98.1
|Aug avg record high F = 96.6
|Sep avg record high F = 90.7
|Oct avg record high F = 79.8
|Nov avg record high F = 65.9
|Dec avg record high F = 56.9
|year avg record high F = 99.6

|Jan high F = 42.2
|Feb high F = 46.1
|Mar high F = 52.2
|Apr high F = 57.9
|May high F = 66.3
|Jun high F = 73.0
|Jul high F = 84.5
|Aug high F = 84.2
|Sep high F = 74.3
|Oct high F = 62.8
|Nov high F = 48.1
|Dec high F = 40.6
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|Jan mean F = 34.0
|Feb mean F = 35.8
|Mar mean F = 40.0
|Apr mean F = 44.6
|May mean F = 51.8
|Jun mean F = 57.5
|Jul mean F = 65.0
|Aug mean F = 64.5
|Sep mean F = 57.1
|Oct mean F = 48.1
|Nov mean F = 38.3
|Dec mean F = 32.5
|year mean F =

|Jan low F = 25.8
|Feb low F = 25.5
|Mar low F = 27.8
|Apr low F = 31.3
|May low F = 37.3
|Jun low F = 41.9
|Jul low F = 45.5
|Aug low F = 44.7
|Sep low F = 39.9
|Oct low F = 33.4
|Nov low F = 28.4
|Dec low F = 24.3
|year low F =

|Jan avg record low F = 10.9
|Feb avg record low F = 11.9
|Mar avg record low F = 19.7
|Apr avg record low F = 23.2
|May avg record low F = 28.0
|Jun avg record low F = 34.4
|Jul avg record low F = 38.4
|Aug avg record low F = 38.3
|Sep avg record low F = 32.1
|Oct avg record low F = 21.4
|Nov avg record low F = 16.3
|Dec avg record low F = 10.8
|year avg record low F = 1.2

|Jan record low F = -26
|Feb record low F = -22
|Mar record low F = 2
|Apr record low F = 12
|May record low F = 15
|Jun record low F = 25
|Jul record low F = 25
|Aug record low F = 28
|Sep record low F = 18
|Oct record low F = 3
|Nov record low F = -16
|Dec record low F = -24

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|Jan precipitation inch = 1.40
|Feb precipitation inch = 1.17
|Mar precipitation inch = 1.51
|Apr precipitation inch = 1.35
|May precipitation inch = 2.12
|Jun precipitation inch = 1.32
|Jul precipitation inch = 0.44
|Aug precipitation inch = 0.58
|Sep precipitation inch = 0.55
|Oct precipitation inch = 1.47
|Nov precipitation inch = 1.38
|Dec precipitation inch = 1.76
|year precipitation inch =

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
|Jan precipitation days = 4.9
|Feb precipitation days = 4.7
|Mar precipitation days = 5.7
|Apr precipitation days = 5.4
|May precipitation days = 6.2
|Jun precipitation days = 4.4
|Jul precipitation days = 1.8
|Aug precipitation days = 1.6
|Sep precipitation days = 2.4
|Oct precipitation days = 5.0
|Nov precipitation days = 5.9
|Dec precipitation days = 3.9

|Jan snow inch = 1.9
|Feb snow inch = 1.4
|Mar snow inch = 0.4
|Apr snow inch = 0.1
|May snow inch = 0.1
|Jun snow inch = 0.0
|Jul snow inch = 0.0
|Aug snow inch = 0.0
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|Oct snow inch = 0.3
|Nov snow inch = 1.1
|Dec snow inch = 1.8
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|Feb snow days = 0.6
|Mar snow days = 0.3
|Apr snow days = 0.1
|May snow days = 0.1
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|Jul snow days = 0.0
|Aug snow days = 0.0
|Sep snow days = 0.0
|Oct snow days = 0.1
|Nov snow days = 0.3
|Dec snow days = 1.0

|source 1 = NOAA (snow/snow days 1981&ndash;2010)<ref name = NOAA>
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|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00353038&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Fossil, OR (1991&ndash;2020)
|access-date = April 15, 2023
}}
</ref><ref>
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|title = U.S. Climate Normals Quick Access – Station: Fossil, OR (1981&ndash;2010)
|access-date = April 15, 2023
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|source 2 = National Weather Service<ref name = NOWData>
{{cite web
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|publisher = National Weather Service
|title = NOAA Online Weather Data – NWS Pendleton
|access-date = April 15, 2023
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</ref>
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==Demographics==

{{US Census population
|1880= 100
|1890= 153
|1900= 288
|1910= 421
|1920= 519
|1930= 538
|1940= 532
|1950= 645
|1960= 672
|1970= 511
|1980= 535
|1990= 399
|2000= 469
|2010= 473
|2020= 447
|footnote=source:<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=Fossil City, Oregon|work=[[United States Census Bureau]]|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=2013-06-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Moffatt|first=Riley Moore|title=Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=1996|page=209|isbn=978-0-8108-3033-2}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 473 people, 224 households, and 124 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|598.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 265 housing units at an average density of {{convert|335.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 2.7% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.8% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.2% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 2.3% of the population.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

There were 224 households, of which 18.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.3% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 9.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.7% had a male householder with no wife present, and 44.6% were non-families. 40.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 22.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.04 and the average family size was 2.75.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median age in the city was 56.1 years. 18.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 14.2% were from 25 to 44; 30.5% were from 45 to 64; and 32.1% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.0% male and 51.0% female.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

At the 2000 census, the median income for a household in the city was $30,250, and the median income for a family was $37,125. Males had a median income of $29,688 versus $20,893 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,236. About 12.0% of families and 12.0% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 9.2% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Fossil City Hall in Fossil, Oregon.jpg|thumb|City Hall and library]]

===Annual events===
During the second weekend in August, Fossil hosts the Wheeler County Fair and Rodeo; on the first weekend of July the Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival is held on the courthouse lawn.<ref>{{cite web| title = Wheeler County Bluegrass Festival| url = http://www.wheelercountybluegrass.org| publisher = wheelercountybluegrass.org | access-date = 2010-03-03}}</ref>
For more than 30 years, the American Bikers Aimed Toward Education (ABATE) of Oregon has held motorcycle rallies in the area in late May.<ref>{{cite news|title=ABATE plans Fossil Campout fundraiser|work=Albany Herald Democrat|date=2010-05-25|url=http://democratherald.com/news/local/article_1517bc34-6835-11df-88dd-001cc4c03286.html|access-date=2011-11-30}}</ref> Golf tournaments are held each year at a six-hole golf course at [[Kinzua, Oregon|Kinzua]], near Fossil.<ref name="About Fossil">{{cite web|title=About Fossil|publisher=City of Fossil|url=http://www.cityoffossil.org/|date=2006-10-23|access-date=2011-11-30}}</ref>

===Museums and other points of interest===
[[File:Fossil, OR — IOOF Hall, Fossil Museum (PNG).png|thumb|Fossil Museum]]
Fossil is the site of the only public fossil field in Oregon.<ref name="lockwood">{{cite web | url = http://www.tsweekly.com/news/local-news/what-remains-a-whirlwind-tour-of-central-oregons-nearly-forgotten-history.html | title = What Remains: A whirlwind tour of Central Oregon's nearly forgotten history | work = The Source Weekly | publisher = Lay It Out Inc | author = Lockwood, Brad | date = 2008-02-13 | access-date = 2009-10-31 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110717025422/http://www.tsweekly.com/news/local-news/what-remains-a-whirlwind-tour-of-central-oregons-nearly-forgotten-history.html | archive-date = 2011-07-17 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web
 | url = http://www.osbar.org/publications/bulletin/08apr/onlylawyer.html | title = The Only Lawyer in Town | author = Robben, Janine | date = April 2008 | publisher = Oregon State Bar | work = [[Oregon State Bar Bulletin]] | access-date = 2008-07-27
}}</ref> The field is located behind [[Wheeler High School (Fossil, Oregon)|Wheeler High School]],<ref name="nprbanse">{{cite web| url = https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5166813 | title = Oregon County Sees Its Future in Fossils | author = Banse, Tom | date = 2006-01-22 | publisher = NPR|access-date=2011-11-30}}</ref> where fossils of animals and plants such as the Metasequoia can be found. After the initial discovery of the fossil field in 1949 or 1950, access was free and unrestricted until 2005, when a small interpretive center was constructed, and a collection limit of three fossils was established in exchange for a $3&nbsp;entry fee.<ref name="oregonian">{{cite news |author= Mortenson, Eric |date= July 3, 2005 |title= For $3, Fossil delivers 30 million years |newspaper= [[The Oregonian]] |access-date= 2009-10-31 |url= http://www.paleolands.org/pdf/2005_07_03_For%20$3,%20Fossil%20delivers%2030%20million%20years%20Oregonian.pdf}}</ref> The basic entry fee per person in 2011 is $5.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fossils at Wheeler High School|url=http://www.wheelercounty-oregon.com/fossils.html|publisher=Wheeler County|access-date=2011-07-09|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630020324/http://www.wheelercounty-oregon.com/fossils.html|archive-date=2011-06-30}}</ref>

The Oregon Paleolands Institute (OPLI) headquarters and exhibition hall are in Fossil, near the courthouse. OPLI is an educational, community-based non-profit that offers tours, hikes, and workshops related to the region's geology and [[paleontology]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Oregon Paleolands Institute|url=http://www.paleolands.org/find/time/here|year=2011|publisher=Oregon Paleolands Institute|access-date=2011-11-30}}</ref>

==Education==
It is in the [[Fossil School District 21J]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st41_or/schooldistrict_maps/c41069_wheeler/DC20SD_C41069.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Wheeler County, OR|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2022-07-17}}</ref> Wheeler High School and Fossil Elementary School are in Fossil. In the 2011−12 school year, about 50 students were enrolled in grades 7 through 12 and about 35 in [[kindergarten]] through grade 6.<ref name=welcomeFCS>{{cite web|title=Welcome to Fossil Charter School|url=http://www.fossil.k12.or.us/|publisher=Fossil School District|access-date=2011-11-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519032547/http://www.fossil.k12.or.us/|archive-date=2018-05-19|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The county is not a part of a [[community college]] district.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.clatsopcc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/02-2-OR-CC-color-map.pdf|title=Oregon Community Colleges and Community College Districts|publisher=[[Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development]]|accessdate=2022-07-17}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Bill Bowerman]], coach and founder of [[Nike, Inc.]] resided in Fossil during his boyhood, and prior to his death in 1999. He was a direct descendant of Thomas Benton Hoover, who established the Fossil post office.

==See also==
*[[Thomas Benton Hoover House]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
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*[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/e-k/fossil.aspx Entry for Fossil] in the ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]''

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