Fossil
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.
- Village with about 450 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 2,660 feet (810 metres)
- Description: city in and county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States
- Postal code: 97830
- Also known as“Fossil, OR”“Fossil, Oregon”
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…
Wheeler High School
Wheeler High School is a public high school in Fossil, Oregon, United States.
Fossil
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Latitude
44.998° or 44° 59′ 53″ north
Longitude
-120.215° or 120° 12′ 54″ west
Open location code
84PXXQXM+6X
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Fossil” goes by many names.
فوسيلArabic
FossilBasque
ФосълBulgarian
FossilCatalan
FossilCebuano
ФоссилChechen
福斯尔Chinese
福斯爾Chinese
FossilCzech
FossilDutch
FossilFinnish
فوسیلGilaki
فوسیل (اؤرگن)Gilaki
FossilHaitian
Fossil, OregonHaitian
FossilHungarian
FossilIdo
Fossil, OregonIdo
FossilIrish
FossilItalian
フォッシルJapanese
ФоссилKazakh
ФоссилKirghiz
FossilLadin
FossilMalagasy
Fossil, OregonMalagasy
FossilMin Nan Chinese
FossilNorwegian
Fossil (Oregon)Norwegian Bokmål
فسیلPersian
فسیل، اورگنPersian
FossilPolish
FossilRomanian
Fossil, CaliforniaRomanian
ФоссилRussian
FossilSerbian
ФосилSerbian
FossilSerbo-Croatian
Fossil, OregonSerbo-Croatian
FossilSlovak
فوزسیل، اورقنSouth Azerbaijani
FossilSwedish
Fossil, OregonSwedish
ФоссилTatar
ФоссілUkrainian
فوسل، اوریگونUrdu
FossilUzbek
FossilVietnamese
Fossil, OregonVietnamese
FossilVolapük
FossilWaray (Philippines)
Fossil, OregonWaray (Philippines)
FossilWelsh
Fossil, OregonWelsh
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