Fossil

Fossil is a city in and the county seat of , , 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.
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  • Type: Village with 413 residents
  • Description: city in and county seat of Wheeler County, Oregon, United States
  • Also known as: “Fossil (Oregón)”, “Fossil, California”, “Fossil, OR”, and “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Postal code: 97830

Places of Interest

Highlights: Fossil Public School and Wheeler High School.

School
The , also known as Wheeler County…

School
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is a public high school in Fossil, Oregon, United States.

Fossil

Latitude
44.998° or 44° 59′ 53″ north
Longitude
-120.215° or 120° 12′ 54″ west
Population
413
Elevation
2,661 feet (811 metres)
Open location code
84PXXQXM+6X
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150965438
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
5727319
Wiki­data ID
Q2293692
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Fossil” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “فوسيل”
  • Basque: “Fossil”
  • Bulgarian: “Фосъл”
  • Catalan: “Fossil”
  • Cebuano: “Fossil”
  • Chechen: “Фоссил”
  • Chinese: “福斯尔”
  • Chinese: “福斯爾”
  • Czech: “Fossil”
  • Dutch: “Fossil”
  • Finnish: “Fossil”
  • French: “Fossil”
  • German: “Fossil”
  • Gilaki: “فوسیل (اؤرگن)”
  • Gilaki: “فوسیل”
  • Haitian: “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Haitian: “Fossil”
  • Hungarian: “Fossil”
  • Ido: “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Ido: “Fossil”
  • Irish: “Fossil”
  • Italian: “Fossil”
  • Japanese: “フォッシル”
  • Kazakh: “Фоссил”
  • Kirghiz: “Фоссил”
  • Ladin: “Fossil”
  • Malagasy: “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Malagasy: “Fossil”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Fossil”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Fossil (Oregon)”
  • Norwegian: “Fossil”
  • Persian: “فسیل، اورگن”
  • Persian: “فسیل”
  • Polish: “Fossil”
  • Portuguese: “Fossil”
  • Romanian: “Fossil”
  • Russian: “Фоссил”
  • Serbian: “Fossil”
  • Serbian: “Фосил”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Fossil”
  • Slovak: “Fossil”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فوزسیل، اورقن”
  • Spanish: “Fossil”
  • Swedish: “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Swedish: “Fossil”
  • Tatar: “Фоссил”
  • Ukrainian: “Фоссіл”
  • Urdu: “فوسل، اوریگون”
  • Uzbek: “Fossil”
  • Vietnamese: “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Vietnamese: “Fossil”
  • Volapük: “Fossil”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Fossil”
  • Welsh: “Fossil, Oregon”
  • Welsh: “Fossil”

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