Crowley, Malheur County, Oregon
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Crowley 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 Malheur County,
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, United States. It lies along Crowley Road, north of Oregon Route 78, about east of Crane. Crowley Ranch and Crowley Ranch Airstrip are nearby. Crowley Creek was named for Green Berry Crowley who settled on its banks with his son James in 1874. The Crowleys' home was burned in 1878 during the Bannock War but the family escaped. Crowley post office was established in 1911 and ran until 1935. There was previously a Crowley post office in Polk County.


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Unincorporated communities in Malheur County, Oregon 1911 establishments in Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{MalheurCountyOR-geo-stub