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Riley, Oregon is an unincorporated small town in Harney County, Oregon, United States, located at the crossroads of U.S. Highway 395 and U.S. Highway 20, milepost 104, about west of Burns, the seat of Harney County. The elevation of Riley is . The town presently consists entirely of two service establishments with attached apartments: a post office, and a general store with gas pump and garage service. It exists to serve highway travelers, and the rural farming and ranching "community" which surrounds it. The next nearest such towns are Bend, approximately 25 miles east, and Hampton, 41 miles west. Farmers grow alfalfa, hay, and root crops.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.harneycounty.org/Riley.html )〕 The town springs from the establishment of a post office in about 1885, which was named for stockman Amos Riley of the ranching partnership Riley and Hardin.〔(Harney County Comprehensive Plan )〕 There was a Hardin post office located northwest of Riley, so the people who lived on Silver Creek suggested the new post office be called Riley.〔 Riley's post office closed in 1919, but was reopened in 1949 after an office called Suntex was closed.〔 The Oregon Department of Transportation has a camera for road and weather conditions located at the intersection of U.S. 20 and U.S. 395 in Riley, facing west-northwest.〔(TripCheck - Road Cams, Road & Weather Conditions in Oregon )〕 ==Climate== According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Riley has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.〔(Climate Summary for Riley, Oregon )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Riley, Oregon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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