Ortley is a former town in

Wasco County, Oregon Wasco County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 25,213. Its county seat is The Dalles. The county is named for a local tribe of Native Americans, the Wasco, a Chinook tribe who ...

, in the

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. It was about south of

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and about southeast of Mosier; the site is now on private land and no evidence of the townsite exists today. It is still classed as a

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by the

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History

Ortley was originally developed by the Hood River Orchard & Land Company, which filed a

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for the townsite in 1911, naming it for the " Ortley" apple. The company sold town lots and small orchard parcels, and Ortley quickly grew to a population of 300. The community included a post office, several shops and a hotel. However, the land proved unsuitable for apple production because of the prevailing high winds and scarcity of water. By 1922, the town was all but abandoned, and in that year the post office closed.

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