Editing Long Creek, Oregon

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{{Infobox settlement
|official_name            = Long Creek, Oregon
|settlement_type          = [[City]]
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|image_caption            = Houses in Long Creek
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|map_caption              = Location in [[Oregon]]
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|subdivision_name         = United States
|subdivision_type1        = [[U.S. state|State]]
|subdivision_name1        = [[Oregon]]
|subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
|subdivision_name2        = [[Grant County, Oregon|Grant]]
|government_type          = 
|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = <nowiki>Don Porter</nowiki>
|established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
|established_date         = 1891
|area_magnitude           = 
|area_total_sq_mi         = 1.02
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|area_total_km2           = 2.65
|area_land_sq_mi          = 1.02
|area_land_km2            = 2.65
|area_water_sq_mi         = 0.00
|area_water_km2           = 0.00
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|population_as_of         = [[2020 United States census|2020]]
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|population_total         = 173
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|population_density_km2   = 65.32
|population_density_sq_mi = 169.11
|timezone                 = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]
|utc_offset               = -8
|timezone_DST             = Pacific
|utc_offset_DST           = -7
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|elevation_footnotes      = <ref name=gnis/>
|elevation_ft             = 3744
|website                  = 
|postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
|postal_code              = 97856
|area_code                = [[Area code 541|541]]
|blank_name               = [[Federal Information Processing Standard|FIPS code]]
|blank_info               = 41-43550<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>
|blank1_name              = [[Geographic Names Information System|GNIS]] feature ID
|blank1_info              = 2410868<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS|2410868}}</ref>
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'''Long Creek''' is a city in [[Grant County, Oregon|Grant County]], [[Oregon]], United States. The population was 173 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The city is named after John Long, a prominent [[miner]] who came to Grant County in 1862 during the [[Canyon City, Oregon|Canyon City]] rush of that same year. Located in a high valley of the [[Blue Mountains (Oregon)|Blue Mountains]], [[ranching]] has been the principal enterprise for the area.  [[Logging|Log harvesting]] was slowly curtailed in the nearby [[Malheur National Forest]] until the local mill was closed in 1998.

==History==
The city was incorporated in 1891. At the 1900 census the city recorded 123 residents.<ref name="population">{{cite book|last=Moffat|first=Riley Moore|title=Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850-1990 |year=1996|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=212}}</ref> Long Creek fell to 86 people in 1910, and then rebounded to 148 at 1920's census.<ref name="population"/> After dipping to 139 people in 1930, the city saw steady population growth for several decades with population numbers of 238 in 1940, 288 in 1950, and topping out at 295 residents in 1960.<ref name="population"/> By 1970 the city had fallen to 196 people, and then grew back to 252 people in 1980, before dropping to 249 citizens at the 1990 census.<ref name="population"/>

==Geography==
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|1.02|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all 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]] |accessdate=2012-12-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120702145235/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archivedate=2012-07-02 }}</ref>

===Climate===
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6&nbsp;°F.  Despite its inland location, Long Creek has an [[oceanic climate]] (Csb) according to the [[Köppen climate classification]] system. Its cold winter temperatures nearly qualify its climate as a [[humid continental climate]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]] Dfb).

{{Weather box
 | width       = auto
 | collapsed   = yes
 | single line = yes
 | location    = Long Creek, Oregon (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1957–2021)
 | Jan record high F  = 67
 | Feb record high F  = 69
 | Mar record high F  = 77
 | Apr record high F  = 88
 | May record high F  = 94
 | Jun record high F  = 101
 | Jul record high F  = 106
 | Aug record high F  = 108
 | Sep record high F  = 102
 | Oct record high F  = 88
 | Nov record high F  = 75
 | Dec record high F  = 65
 | year record high F = 
 | Jan high F = 40.4
 | Feb high F = 44.0
 | Mar high F = 50.4
 | Apr high F = 56.3
 | May high F = 65.1
 | Jun high F = 72.6
 | Jul high F = 84.0
 | Aug high F = 84.7
 | Sep high F = 75.6
 | Oct high F = 61.5
 | Nov high F = 47.4
 | Dec high F = 39.3
 | year high F = 60.1
 | Jan mean F = 31.4
 | Feb mean F = 33.7
 | Mar mean F = 38.8
 | Apr mean F = 43.6
 | May mean F = 51.1
 | Jun mean F = 57.1
 | Jul mean F = 65.3
 | Aug mean F = 65.4
 | Sep mean F = 57.9
 | Oct mean F = 47.3
 | Nov mean F = 37.3
 | Dec mean F = 30.4
 | year mean F = 46.6
 | Jan low F = 22.3
 | Feb low F = 23.5
 | Mar low F = 27.3
 | Apr low F = 30.9
 | May low F = 37.1
 | Jun low F = 41.5
 | Jul low F = 46.7
 | Aug low F = 46.1
 | Sep low F = 40.1
 | Oct low F = 33.0
 | Nov low F = 27.2
 | Dec low F = 21.6
 | year low F = 33.1
 | Jan record low F  = -23
 | Feb record low F  = -21
 | Mar record low F  = 2
 | Apr record low F  = 9
 | May record low F  = 17
 | Jun record low F  = 22
 | Jul record low F  = 28
 | Aug record low F  = 26
 | Sep record low F  = 17
 | Oct record low F  = -1
 | Nov record low F  = -10
 | Dec record low F  = -25
 | year record low F = 
 | precipitation colour   = green
 | Jan precipitation inch = 1.60
 | Feb precipitation inch = 1.35
 | Mar precipitation inch = 1.70
 | Apr precipitation inch = 1.76
 | May precipitation inch = 2.34
 | Jun precipitation inch = 1.48
 | Jul precipitation inch = 0.62
 | Aug precipitation inch = 0.57
 | Sep precipitation inch = 0.66
 | Oct precipitation inch = 1.60
 | Nov precipitation inch = 1.65
 | Dec precipitation inch = 1.83
 | year precipitation inch = 17.16
 | unit precipitation days = 0.01 in
 | Jan precipitation days  = 12.5
 | Feb precipitation days  = 11.2
 | Mar precipitation days  = 13.3
 | Apr precipitation days  = 13.5
 | May precipitation days  = 11.8
 | Jun precipitation days  = 8.0
 | Jul precipitation days  = 3.2
 | Aug precipitation days  = 3.0
 | Sep precipitation days  = 4.1
 | Oct precipitation days  = 9.2
 | Nov precipitation days  = 11.4
 | Dec precipitation days  = 12.2
 | year precipitation days = 113.4
 | Jan snow inch = 7.2
 | Feb snow inch = 5.6
 | Mar snow inch = 5.8
 | Apr snow inch = 2.3
 | May snow inch = 0.1
 | Jun snow inch = 0.0
 | Jul snow inch = 0.0
 | Aug snow inch = 0.0
 | Sep snow inch = 0.0
 | Oct snow inch = 0.3
 | Nov snow inch = 3.6
 | Dec snow inch = 8.2
 | year snow inch = 33.1
 | unit snow days = 0.1 in
 | Jan snow days  = 4.6
 | Feb snow days  = 4.2
 | Mar snow days  = 4.0
 | Apr snow days  = 2.0
 | May snow days  = 0.1
 | Jun snow days  = 0.1
 | Jul snow days  = 0.0
 | Aug snow days  = 0.0
 | Sep snow days  = 0.0
 | Oct snow days  = 0.4
 | Nov snow days  = 2.8
 | Dec snow days  = 5.3
 | year snow days = 23.5
 | source = [[National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration|NOAA]]<ref name="NOWData">{{cite web
|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=pdt
|title = NOWData - NOAA Online Weather Data
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = December 10, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NCEI">{{cite web
|url = https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/services/data/v1?dataset=normals-monthly-1991-2020&stations=USC00355020&format=pdf&dataTypes=MLY-TMAX-NORMAL,MLY-TMIN-NORMAL,MLY-TAVG-NORMAL,MLY-PRCP-NORMAL,MLY-SNOW-NORMAL
|title = Summary of Monthly Normals 1991-2020
|publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|access-date = December 10, 2023}}</ref>
}}

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1890= 60
|1900= 123
|1910= 86
|1920= 148
|1930= 139
|1940= 238
|1950= 288
|1960= 295
|1970= 196
|1980= 252
|1990= 249
|2000= 228
|2010= 197
|2020= 173
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2015}}</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 197 people, 84 households, and 52 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|193.1|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 112 housing units at an average density of {{convert|109.8|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.4% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 1.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 0.5% 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 5.6% of the population.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2012-12-21}}</ref>

There were 84 households, of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.4% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.0% had a female householder with no husband present, 3.6% had a male householder with no wife present, and 38.1% were non-families. 33.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.35 and the average family size was 2.98.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median age in the city was 47.2 years. 20.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 16.8% were from 25 to 44; 34% were from 45 to 64; and 18.3% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.2% male and 51.8% female.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

===2000 census===
As of the census of 2000, there were 228 people, 96 households, and 60 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|222.9|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 115 housing units at an average density of {{convert|112.4|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 96.05% White, 0.88% Native American, and 3.07% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.44% of the population.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

There were 96 households, out of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.1% were married couples living together, 8.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 36.5% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 2.93.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

In the city, the population was spread out, with 27.2% under the age of 18, 3.9% from 18 to 24, 28.5% from 25 to 44, 24.1% from 45 to 64, and 16.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 96.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 102.4 males.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median income for a household in the city was $31,250, and the median income for a family was $33,393. Males had a median income of $29,583 versus $16,875 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,076. About 17.5% of families and 17.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 13.2% of those under the age of 18 and 20.5% of those 65 or over.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Oregon Encyclopedia|long_creek|Long Creek (town)}}
* [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/l-r/long-creek.aspx Entry for Long Creek] in the ''Oregon Blue Book''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090312051135/http://www.gcoregonlive.com/bus_display.php/516 Grant County Chamber of Commerce entry for Long Creek]

{{Grant County, Oregon}}

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[[Category:Cities in Oregon]]
[[Category:Cities in Grant County, Oregon]]
[[Category:1891 establishments in Oregon]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1891]]