Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Wheeler
- Mayor
- Carol E. MacInnes
- Total
- 0.78 sq mi (2.03 km )
- Land
- 0.78 sq mi (2.03 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,654 ft (809 m)
- Density
- 570.4/sq mi (220.23/km )
- Time zone
- UTC−8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC−7 (Pacific)
- Area codes
- 541, 458
- Fips code
- 41-26650
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Encyclopedic overview
Fossil is a city in and the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States. The name was chosen by the first postmaster, Thomas B. Hoover, who had found some fossil remains on his ranch. As of the 2020 census, Fossil had a population of 447.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fossil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.