Placer
Placer is an unincorporated community in Josephine County, Oregon, United States, on Grave Creek a few miles east of Interstate 5. Established during the local gold mining boom, it is considered a ghost town.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: Ghost town in Josephine County, Oregon
- Also known as: “Placer, OR” and “Placer, Oregon”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Golden and Wolf Creek.
Golden
Hamlet
Golden is an abandoned mining town located at Coyote Creek in Josephine County, Oregon, United States. Golden is situated 3½ miles north of Placer.
Wolf Creek
Hamlet
Photo: Bruce Fingerhood, CC BY 2.0.
Wolf Creek is an unincorporated community in Josephine County, Oregon, United States, just off Interstate 5. There are a number of creeks in Oregon named Wolf Creek, after the wolves that were once abundant in the state. Wolf Creek is situated 6 miles northwest of Placer.
Placer
- Categories: ghost town, unincorporated community in the United States, and locality
- Location: Josephine, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.63206° or 42° 37′ 55″ northLongitude
-123.31534° or 123° 18′ 55″ westElevation
1,437 feet (438 metres)Open location code
84JRJMJM+RVOpenStreetMap ID
node 150934857OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Placer” goes by many names.
- Hungarian: “Placer”
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Highlights include Placer Cemetery and Yellowhorn Mine.
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