Official Name: | Nelson, Oregon |
Settlement Type: | Former unincorporated community |
Pushpin Map: | USA#Oregon |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States##Location in Oregon |
Pushpin Relief: | y |
Pushpin Label: | Nelson |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Baker |
Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | PDT |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Elevation Ft: | 2628 |
Coordinates: | 44.5397°N -117.4189°W |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
Blank Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank Info: | 1136567[1] |
Nelson is an unincorporated historic locale in the northwest United States, located in Baker County, Oregon.[1] It is about 4miles southeast of Durkee on U.S. Route 30 / Interstate 84.[2]
Nelson is 15miles northwest of Lime on the Burnt River and was the source of the limestone deposits used by the cement plant at Lime until the local deposits were depleted.[3] A cement plant built in Nelson in 1979 replaced the one at Lime, which closed in 1980.[3] The cement plant at Nelson closed temporarily in 2009, but as of 2014 it was operating again.[4] [5] The Ash Grove Cement Company refers to the plant as their Durkee plant.
Nelson is located on the Union Pacific Railroad mainline's Huntington Subdivision. The subdivision was originally owned by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company; the original tracks were built here from 1882 to 1884.