Brogan is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

and

Census-designated place A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only. CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...

(CDP) in

Malheur County, Oregon Malheur County () is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,571. Its county seat is Vale, and its largest city is Ontario. The county was named after the Malheur River, which runs thr ...

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, on

U.S. Route 26 U.S. Route 26 (US 26) is an east–west United States highway that runs from Seaside, Oregon to Ogallala, Nebraska. When the U.S. highway system was first defined, it was limited to Nebraska and Wyoming; by the 1950s, it continued into Idaho and ...

. Brogan was founded by D. M. Brogan in 1909, and when a post office was established in the locality on April 23 that year, it was named for him. Brogan is located on the north end of the now-abandoned

Union Pacific Railroad The Union Pacific Railroad , legally Union Pacific Railroad Company and often called simply Union Pacific, is a freight-hauling railroad that operates 8,300 locomotives over routes in 23 U.S. states west of Chicago and New Orleans. Union Paci ...

branch line from

Vale A vale is a type of valley. Vale may also refer to: Places Georgia * Vale, Georgia, a town in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region Norway * Våle, a historic municipality Portugal * Vale (Santa Maria da Feira), a former civil parish in the municipali ...

Demographics

Brogan is part of the

Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Ca ...

, OR– ID Micropolitan Statistical Area. At the 2010 census, the population was 90 (47 female and 43 male). The median age was 50.5 years. There were 41 households, five of which included children under age 18.

Education

Brogan is within the Vale School District 84. This district has grades K-12 and operates

Vale High School Vale High School is a public high school in Vale, Oregon, United States. It is a part of Vale School District 84. The Vale School District takes students from Vale and Brogan, as well as the unincorporated community of Willowcreek. Address "2300 ...

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