Post 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 hav ...

in Crook County,

Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...

, United States. It has a

post office A post office is a public facility and a retailer that provides mail services, such as accepting letters and parcels, providing post office boxes, and selling postage stamps, packaging, and stationery. Post offices may offer additional serv ...

assigned the ZIP code of 97752. Post lies along Oregon Route 380 southeast of

Prineville Prineville is a city in and the county seat, seat of Crook County, Oregon, United States. It was named for the first merchant located in the present location, Barney Prine. The population was 9,253 at the United States Census 2010, 2010 census. ...

at an elevation of . Post was named for Walter H. Post, the first postmaster of the Post post office, established in 1889.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above about . According to the

Köppen Climate Classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen, nota ...

system, Post has a

warm-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. However, the average temperature in January is about , and Post gets only about of precipitation a year. Snowfall amounts to an average of about annually.

Notable residents

Author and school teacher Alice Day Pratt lived near Post on her homestead, Broadview, from 1912 through 1930.

References

Works cited

* Unincorporated communities in Crook County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{CrookCountyOR-geo-stub