unincorporated community
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Pendleton Pendleton may refer to:
Places
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*Pendleton, Lancashire, England
*Pendleton, Greater Manchester, England
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*Pendleton, Indiana
* Pendleton, Missouri
*Pendleton, New York
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Union Pacific
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 Pac ...
railroad that was named for Major General
John Gibbon
John Gibbon (April 20, 1827 – February 6, 1896) was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.
Early life
Gibbon was born in the Holmesburg section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the fou ...
, who was in command of the
Department of the Columbia
The Department of the Columbia was a major command (Department) of the United States Army during the 19th century.
Formation
On July 27, 1865 the Military Division of the Pacific was created under Major General Henry W. Halleck, replacing the ...
based in Vancouver, Washington, in 1885–86. At the time the railroad was being constructed, a station at or near Gibbon was named Mikecha, made up from the names of three civil engineers named Mink, Kennedy, and Chalk. At the beginning of the 20th century, the name of the station was changed to Bingham Springs, because it served the Bingham Springs resort, which is east up the Umatilla River. The name of the post office, however, remained Gibbon. Gibbon post office ran from 1892 through 1966. At some point, the name of the railroad station was changed back to Gibbon. Today, Gibbon has an
Adams
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mailing address.
As of 1940, Gibbon had a school that served both Native American and other children.
Climate
This region experiences warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the
Köppen climate classification
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, Gibbon has a
warm-summer Mediterranean climate
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