De Moss Springs 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 Sherman County, in the U.S. state of

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

. It is about northeast of Moro along U.S. Route 97. De Moss Springs had a post office from 1887 to 1923. In 1900, the

Columbia Southern Railway The Columbia Southern Railway built a rail line extending from Biggs (on the Columbia River) south to Shaniko, Oregon, U.S. The company was incorporated on March 5, 1897, and intended to continue beyond Shaniko to Prineville, with a branch to Can ...

established a station known as ''De Moss'' along its line to Shaniko. The springs and station were named for the De Moss family, which grew wheat, operated a recreation park at the springs, and formed a musical touring company called the ''Lyric Bards''. The leader of the company, James M. De Moss, had moved to Sherman County from North Powder in 1883. He had managed the

stagecoach A stagecoach (also: stage coach, stage, road coach, ) is a four-wheeled public transport coach used to carry paying passengers and light packages on journeys long enough to need a change of horses. It is strongly sprung and generally drawn by ...

station in North Powder.

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Unincorporated communities in Sherman County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{ ShermanCountyOR-geo-stub