Ballston
Ballston is an unincorporated community, in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is southeast of Sheridan and southwest of Amity. It is considered a ghost town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet
- Description: Ghost town in Polk County, Oregon
- Also known as: “Ballston, OR” and “Ballston, Oregon”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellevue and Perrydale.
Bellevue
Hamlet
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Bellevue is an unincorporated rural community in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. It is named for the French words for "beautiful view". It is not known who named the community, but it was settled c. 1860, and a previous post office in the area was named "Muddy". Bellevue is situated 3½ miles north of Ballston.
Perrydale
Hamlet
Perrydale is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is approximately 10 miles from Dallas. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. Perrydale is situated 3½ miles southeast of Ballston.
Sheridan
Village
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Sheridan is a city in Yamhill County, Oregon, United States. Platted in the 1860s when it received a post office, Sheridan was incorporated in 1880. In 1913, much of the town burned in a fire and a flood covered much of the community in 1964. Sheridan is situated 4 miles northwest of Ballston.
Ballston
- Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: Polk, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.06678° or 45° 4′ 0″ northLongitude
-123.32094° or 123° 19′ 15″ westElevation
184 feet (56 metres)Open location code
84QR3M8H+PJOpenStreetMap ID
node 150956492OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From Hungarian to South Azerbaijani—“Ballston” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Ballston”
- Irish: “Ballston”
- Persian: “بالستون، اورگن”
- Persian: “بالستون”
- Russian: “Балстон”
- South Azerbaijani: “بالستون، اورقن”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ballston County Park and Ball Cemetery.
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