Buncom
Buncom is an abandoned mining town at the confluence of the Little Applegate River and Sterling Creek in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It is approximately 20 miles southwest of Medford, at an elevation of 1,783 feet above sea level.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: Ghost town in Jackson County, Oregon
- Also known as: “Buncom, OR” and “Buncom, Oregon”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include McKee Bridge.
McKee Bridge
Hamlet
McKee Bridge is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It lies south of Ruch along Upper Applegate Road off Oregon Route 238. McKee Bridge is situated 5 miles southwest of Buncom.
Buncom
- Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: Jackson, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.17402° or 42° 10′ 27″ northLongitude
-122.9981° or 122° 59′ 53″ westElevation
1,683 feet (513 metres)Open location code
84JV52F2+JQOpenStreetMap ID
node 150976451OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to South Azerbaijani—“Buncom” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “邦康”
- Haitian: “Buncom, Oregon”
- Haitian: “Buncom”
- Hungarian: “Buncom”
- Irish: “Buncom”
- Persian: “بانکام، اورگن”
- Persian: “بانکام”
- South Azerbaijani: “بانکام، اورقن”
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