City of Fossil

City of Fossil is a locality in Wheeler, Oregon and has an elevation of 2,667 feet.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Fossil Public School and Wheeler High School.

Fossil Public School

School

The Fossil Public School, also known as Wheeler County Public School, is a historic Classical Revival style school in Fossil, Oregon, that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wheeler High School is a public high school in Fossil, Oregon, United States. It is in the Fossil School District, and competes jointly with Spray and Mitchell school as the Spray-Mitchell-Wheeler Rattlers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fossil.

Fossil

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Fossil is a city in and the county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States. The name was chosen by the first postmaster, Thomas B. Hoover, who had found some fossil remains on his ranch. As of the 2020 census, Fossil had a population of 447.

City of Fossil

Type: Locality with 473 residents
Location: Wheeler, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.998° or 44° 59′ 53″ north

Longitude

-120.2147° or 120° 12′ 53″ west

Population

473

Elevation

2,667 feet (813 metres)

Open location code

84PXXQXP+54

GeoNames ID

7173448

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Wheeler Court House Park and Fossil Museum and Pine Creek Schoolhouse.

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