Editing Ione, Oregon

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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name            = Ione, Oregon
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
| nickname                 = 
| motto                    = Growing with Pride<ref name=GEODC>{{cite web |url= http://www.geodc.net/StrategicPlans/IoneNOV2009FINAL.pdf |title= City of Ione Strategic Plan |date= November 2009 |publisher= Greater Eastern Oregon Development Commission |access-date= April 7, 2012}}</ref>
| image_skyline            = Ione, Oregon - panoramio.jpg
| imagesize                = 
| image_caption            = Aerial view of Ione
| image_flag               = 
| image_seal               = 
| image_map                = Morrow County Oregon Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Ione Highlighted.svg
| mapsize                  = 250px
| map_caption              = Location in [[Oregon]]
| image_map1               = 
| mapsize1                 = 
| map_caption1             = 
| subdivision_type         = [[List of sovereign states|Country]]
| subdivision_name         = United States
| subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
| subdivision_name1        = [[Oregon]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Morrow County, Oregon|Morrow]]
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Rodrick Taylor <ref>{{cite web|title=Incorporated Cities: Ione|work=Oregon Blue Book|url=https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/e-k/ione.aspx|publisher=Oregon Secretary of State|year=2013|access-date=July 15, 2013}}</ref>
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = 1903
| area_magnitude           = 
| area_total_sq_mi         = 0.76
| area_footnotes           = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref>
| area_total_km2           = 1.96
| area_land_sq_mi          = 0.76
| area_land_km2            = 1.96
| area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
| area_water_km2           = 0.00
| population_footnotes     = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/>
| population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
| population_est           = 
| pop_est_as_of            = 
| population_note          = 
| population_total         = 337
| population_density_km2   = 171.51
| population_density_sq_mi = 444.01
| timezone                 = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset               = -8
| timezone_DST             = Pacific
| utc_offset_DST           = -7
| coordinates             = {{coord|45|30|3|N|119|49|28|W|type:city(321)_region:US-OR_source:gnis|display=inline,title}}
| elevation_footnotes     = <ref name=gnis/>
| elevation_ft            = 1096
| website                 = 
| postal_code_type        = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code             = 97843
| area_code               = [[Area codes 541 and 458|458 and 541]]
| blank_name              = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
| blank_info              = 41-36400<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>
| blank1_name             = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
| blank1_info             = 2410111<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410111}}</ref>
| footnotes               = website:  https://cityofioneoregon.gov
| pop_est_footnotes       = 
| unit_pref               = Imperial
}}
'''Ione''' is a city in [[Morrow County, Oregon|Morrow County]], [[Oregon]], United States. The population was 329 at the [[2010 United States Census|2010 census]]. It is part of the [[Pendleton, Oregon|Pendleton]]&ndash;[[Hermiston, Oregon|Hermiston]] [[Pendleton-Hermiston micropolitan area|Micropolitan Statistical Area]].

==Geography==
Ione is at an elevation of {{convert|1089|ft|m}}<ref name="gnis"/> between the [[Columbia River]] to the north and the [[Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)|Blue Mountains]] to the southeast.<ref name="Rand McNally">{{cite book|title = The 2013 Road Atlas  |year = 2013 |publisher = Rand McNally |location=Chicago, Illinois |pages= 84, 85|isbn=978-052-80062-2-7 }}</ref> It is along [[Oregon Route 74]], {{convert|18|mi|km}} northwest of [[Heppner, Oregon|Heppner]],<ref name="Rand McNally"/> {{convert|27|mi|km}} south of [[Interstate 84 in Oregon|Interstate 84]] (I-84), and {{convert|173|mi|km}} east of [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref name="IFA">{{cite web|title=Ione Community Profile|publisher=Infrastructure Finance Authority|url=http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Ione/|year=2009|access-date=July 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100105065250/http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Ione/|archive-date=January 5, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Willow Creek (Columbia River)|Willow Creek]] flows through Ione, which is downstream of Heppner and [[Lexington, Oregon|Lexington]] and upstream of [[Arlington, Oregon|Arlington]].<ref name="Rand McNally"/> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.65|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=U.S. Gazetteer: 2010, 2000, and 1990|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801212339/https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography.html|archive-date=August 1, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Route 74 forms part of the Blue Mountain Scenic Byway, a {{convert|130|mi|km|adj=on}} set of roads connecting I-84 along the Columbia River with the [[North Fork John Day River]] in the Blue Mountains. Part of the route follows the Willow Creek drainage through Ione.<ref name="Backroads of Oregon">{{cite book|last=Ostertag|first=Rhonda|title=Backroads of Oregon: Your Guide to Oregon's Most Scenic Backroad Adventures|publisher=Voyageur Press|location=Stillwater, Minnesota|year=2004|pages=105&ndash;06|isbn=0-89658-081-4}}</ref>

===Climate===
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F|C}}.  According to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system, Ione has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], ''Csb'' on climate maps.<ref>[http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=161453&cityname=Ione%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units= Climate Summary for Ione, Oregon]</ref>

==History==
In 1883, landowner E. G. Sperry named the community ''Ione'' after Ione Arthur, a girl who was visiting the Sperrys with her family. Aaron Royse managed the first store in Ione, and he became the first postmaster when an Ione post office was established in 1884.<ref name="OGN">{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. | author-link = Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur | title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]] | orig-year = 1928 | edition = 7th | year = 2003 | publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press | location = Portland, Oregon| isbn = 0-87595-277-1 | page = 499 }}</ref>

Sheep ranching was important in the region during the days of early settlement by non-natives. It continues in the 21st&nbsp;century and has been joined by wheat farming and cattle ranching as significant uses of the land.<ref name="Backroads of Oregon"/>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 223
|1910= 239
|1920= 439
|1930= 283
|1940= 262
|1950= 262
|1960= 350
|1970= 355
|1980= 345
|1990= 255
|2000= 321
|2010= 329
|2020= 337
|footnote=source:<ref name="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=July 15, 2013}}</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=211|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>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 329 people, 132 households, and 90 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|506.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 154 housing units at an average density of {{convert|236.9|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 86.6% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.9% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 8.2% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 3.6% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 11.9% of the population.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

There were 132 households, of which 34.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 3.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 31.8% were non-families. 24.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.03.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median age in the city was 42.3 years. 24.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 19.4% were from 25 to 44; 32.5% were from 45 to 64; and 14.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.0% male and 48.0% female.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

===2000 census===
As of the census of 2000, there were 321 people, 127 households, and 86 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|551.8|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 142 housing units at an average density of {{convert|244.1|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 97.82% White, and 2.18% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.12% of the population.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

There were 127 households, out of which 32.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.1% were married couples living together, 6.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 29.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.53 and the average family size was 3.09.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

In the city, the population was spread out, with 28.3% under the age of 18, 5.6% from 18 to 24, 29.6% from 25 to 44, 20.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 112.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 111.0 males.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median income for a household in the city was $37,500, and the median income for a family was $43,750. Males had a median income of $32,143 versus $21,250 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $14,531. About 5.8% of families and 6.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 5.3% of those under age 18 and 9.7% of those age 65 or over.<ref name="wwwcensusgov"/>

==Economy and education==
[[Ione Community Charter School]], serving about 200 students in grades kindergarten through 12, is in Ione. Formerly part of the Morrow County School District, the school is in the Ione School District, with headquarters in Ione.<ref>{{cite web|title=About Us|publisher=Ione School District|url=http://www.ione.k12.or.us/aboutus|year=2013|access-date=July 17, 2013}}</ref>

As of 2002, the top employers for Ione were the Ione Community School and&mdash;all in Heppner&mdash;the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op, Miller & Sons Welding, and the ''Heppner Gazette-Times'' (a weekly newspaper).<ref name="IFA"/>

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

{{Morrow County, Oregon}}

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[[Category:Cities in Oregon]]
[[Category:Cities in Morrow County, Oregon]]
[[Category:Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area]]