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Madras
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city and the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Jefferson
- Mayor
- Mike Lepin
- Total
- 8.16 sq mi (21.13 km )
- Land
- 8.16 sq mi (21.13 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 2,241 ft (683 m)
- Density
- 914.0/sq mi (352.88/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-45250
- Website
- ci.madras.or.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- county seat
- Official name
- Madras
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Jefferson County
- Population
- 7456
- Area
- 16.17
- Elevation
- 683
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Capital of
- Jefferson County
- Official website
- www.ci.madras.or.us
- Image
- Madras Elementary School - Madras Oregon.jpg
- Households
- 2538
- Dialing code
- 541
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- topic's main category
- Category:Madras, Oregon
- Commons category
- Madras, Oregon
- postal code
- 97741
- inception
- 1911-00-00
- per capita income
- 20482
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Madras, Oregon
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Madras (/ˈmædrʌs/ MAD-russ) is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. Situated in Central Oregon, it is located where US Route 26 and US Route 97 interset, with the later serving as the main north-south road in the city with traffic split into a one-way pair. Originally called "The Basin" after the circular valley the city is in, it is unclear whether Madras was named in 1903 for the cotton fabric called "Madras" that originated in the city of Madras (now Chennai) in Tamil Nadu, India, or the city itself. The population was 7456 at the 2020 census.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Madras” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.