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Friend

Friend is an unincorporated community in in the U.S. state of . Considered a ghost town, little remains of the community except the Friend Store, a one-room schoolhouse, and a cemetery.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • Description: community in Oregon, USA
  • Also known as: “Friend Ghost Town”, “Friend, OR”, and “Friend, Oregon”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kingsley.

Locality
was an unincorporated community in , , United States, named by E.M. Wilson in 1878. Wilson named it for Charles , because she had enjoyed reading his book Westward Ho!. is situated 3 miles east of Friend.

Friend

Latitude
45.34559° or 45° 20′ 44″ north
Longitude
-121.26419° or 121° 15′ 51″ west
Elevation
2,448 feet (746 metres)
Open location code
84QW8PWP+68
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150969036
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
5727736
Wiki­data ID
Q3459668
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Volapük—“Friend” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “Friend”
  • French: “Friend”
  • Haitian: “Friend, Oregon”
  • Haitian: “Friend”
  • Hungarian: “Friend”
  • Irish: “Friend”
  • Persian: “فریند، اورگن”
  • Persian: “فریند”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فریند، اورقن”
  • Spanish: “Friend”
  • Volapük: “Friend”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Kingsley Cemetery and Dufur City Reservoir.

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