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Burns is a city in and the county seat of Harney County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.According to the 2020 census, the population was 2,730.Burns and the nearby city of Hines are home to about 60 percent of the people in the sparsely populated county, by area the largest in Oregon and the ninth largest in the United States.
Grants Pass is located in the Rogue Valley; the Rogue River runs through the city. U.S. Route 199 passes through the city, and joins Interstate 5.The city has a total area of 11.03 square miles (28.6 km 2), of which 10.87 square miles (28.2 km 2) is land and 0.16 square miles (0.41 km 2) is water.
The Rogue Valley is a valley region in southwestern Oregon in the United States. Located along the middle Rogue River and its tributaries in Josephine and Jackson counties, the valley forms the cultural and economic heart of Southern Oregon near the California border. The largest communities in the Rogue Valley are Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass.
The USCB includes Medford and Grants Pass as a combined statistical area called the Medford–Grants Pass, Oregon Combined Statistical Area, comprising both Jackson and Josephine counties. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The area's population was estimated at 285,919 in 2010, making it the second largest combined statistical area and the fourth largest ...
Grants Pass: Built in 1902, this is the finest remaining example of the Queen Anne style in Grants Pass, and was the most prominent home in the city prior to World War I. It was built for John Ahlf (1856–1932), a German immigrant and meat packer who became one of the leading businessmen of the Rogue Valley. [7] 2: Allen Gulch Mill
Harney County, Oregon, had a total population of 7,422 at the 2010 census, [6] and Burns in the plain north of Malheur Lake is the only community with a population larger than 1,000. Dryland ranching is the basis of the area's economy, with relatively little irrigation water available from the streams that enter Malheur Lake.
Map of Southeastern Oregon. Southeastern Oregon is a geographical term for the area along the borders of the U.S. state of Oregon with Idaho, California, and Nevada. It includes the populous areas of Burns, Klamath Falls and Lakeview. [citation needed] The region is also known by its nickname of the Oregon Outback.
Oregon Route 78 is an Oregon state highway running from Burns in Harney County to Burns Junction in Malheur County. OR 78 is known as the Steens Highway No. 442 (see Oregon highways and routes ). It is 91.55 miles (147.34 km) long and runs northwest to southeast.