Nelson is an
unincorporated historic locale in
Baker County,
Oregon, United States.
It is about southeast of
Durkee on
U.S. Route 30/
Interstate 84.
Nelson is northwest of
Lime on the
Burnt River and was the source of the limestone deposits used by the cement plant at Lime when the local deposits were depleted.
A cement plant built in Nelson in 1979 replaced the one at Lime, which closed in 1980.
[ The cement plant at Nelson closed temporarily in 2009, but as of 2014 it was operating again.]Ash Grove Cement Company
Ash Grove Cement Company is a cement manufacturer based in Overland Park, Kansas. It is the sixth largest cement manufacturer in North America, and was the largest US-owned cement company until it was acquired in 2018 by CRH plc, a global build ...
refers to the plant as their Durkee plant.
Nelson is located on the Union Pacific Railroad mainline's Huntington Subdivision. The subdivision was originally owned by the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company
The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company (OR&N) was a railroad that operated a rail network of running east from Portland, Oregon, United States, to northeastern Oregon, northeastern Washington, and northern Idaho. It operated from 1896 as a ...
. The tracks were built here from 1882 to 1884.
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External links
Images of Nelson
from Flickr
Former populated places in Baker County, Oregon
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