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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Grant
- Mayor
- Ron Lundbom
- Total
- 2.26 sq mi (5.85 km )
- Land
- 2.26 sq mi (5.85 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 3,078 ft (938 m)
- Density
- 737/sq mi (284/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Area codes
- 458 and 541
- Fips code
- 41-37550
- Website
- www.cityofjohnday.com
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- John Day
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Grant County
- Population
- 1664
- Area
- 4.848332
- Elevation
- 3087
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Official website
- www.cityofjohnday.com
- Image
- John Day Oregon.JPG
- Households
- 874
- Dialing code
- 458
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- Commons category
- John Day, Oregon
- water as percent of area
- 0
- postal code
- 97845
- inception
- 1901-00-00
- per capita income
- 30425
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Encyclopedic overview
John Day is a city located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Canyon City in Grant County, Oregon, United States, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 26 and 395. The city was named for the nearby John Day River, which, along with Dayville, had been named for a Virginia member of the 1811 Astor Expedition, John Day. The city was incorporated in 1901.
As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 1,664, making it the largest city in the county.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Day” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.