Eightmile is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Morrow County,

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, United States, on

Oregon Route 206 Oregon Route 206 is an Oregon state highway located in the north-central part of the state. It runs from Interstate 84 at Celilo Village to a junction with Oregon Route 74 and Oregon Route 207 in Heppner. Aside from Interstate 84, Oregon R ...

(the Wasco–Heppner Highway). The town was named by pioneer ranchers after its location on Eightmile Canyon, which was so named because its mouth was about up Willow Creek from the

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. Eightmile's post office was established in 1883 and closed in 1941.

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Historic image of the road between Lonerock and Eightmile
from Salem Public Library Pendleton–Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area Unincorporated communities in Morrow County, Oregon 1883 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1883 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{MorrowCountyOR-geo-stub