Maupin To Phoenix
Maupin - 97037
Maupin - An interesting little town on US197 of maybe 500 people that straddles the Deschutes River in the northern part of the state. (07/01/22)
McMinnville - 97128
McMinnville - The post office was just another post office, but I do thank the town for letting me discover that the Spruce Goose had its own museum in McMinnville. (4/13/25)
Medford - 97501
Medford - Big town like Medford and you would think that they could spring to put there name on the outside of the building. (10/03/21)
Merlin - 97532
Merlin - A new railroad station in this location in 1883 was called "Jump Off Joe" for a local stream. The station was renamed "Merlin" in October 1886. The name came from a railroad civil engineer who named it for the merlins (a type of falcon) he saw in the area. "McAllister" post office was established about a mile north of Merlin in 1885, then moved to the vicinity of the railroad station and renamed Merlin in 1891. (10/04/21)
Merrill - 97633
Merrill - If you look closely at the lower right window of the post office you will see Donna trying unsuccessfully to stay out of the picture. (06/21/20)
Midland - 97634
Midland - The first of what I suspect may be many post offices that will have the sun directly behind them when we arrive to take their "portraits." (06/21/20)
Mill City - 97360
Mill City - This is a fairly young city in that it was incorporated in 1941 and it was named such because of the two large lumber mills here. (4/6/25)
Milton-Freewater - 97862
Milton-Freewater - To dash or not to dash. I saw several signs that hyphenated the town name and just as many that did not. (8/16/25)
Mitchell - 97750
Mitchell There was no parking out front, and this lot held 4 slots, but it is narrower than this photo makes it look. Even in the Miata I had to back up, move forward a bit, and back up again so I could get out. (9/2/25)
Molalla - 97038
Molalla - The town was named after the Molalla River, which in turn was named for the Molala, a Native American tribe that inhabited the area. (3/2/25)
Monmouth - 97361
Monmouth - Like Scio, this town took its name from the town the early settlers came from, in this case Monmouth, Ohio. (7/12/25)
Monroe - 97456
Monroe - It was one of the largest cities in the state for many years. Since the construction of the Interstate 5 highway in the 1960s, the city has turned into a rural farming community. (2/18/25)
Monument - 97864
Monument The largest building in this town of 120 people is the Monument School which around 1999 had nearly that many students. (9/1/25)
Moro - 97039
Moro - The town of Moro is the county seat of Sherman County and is the smallest county seat in the state. Its total land area is less than half of a square mile and has a population of around 300. (07/01/23)
Mosier - 97040
Mosier - This is my favorite Post Office so far of the 209 I've visited. (4/18/25)
Mount Angel - 97362
Mount Angel - This was stop #1 on a quick trip to south of Portland and east of Salem to clean up the Post Offices there. (3/9/25)
Mount Hood Parkdale - 97041
Mount Hood Parkdale - Although located in Parkdale, this post office services both Hood River & Parkdale which both have a population of about 300 each. (6/29/25)
Mount Vernon - 97865
Mount Vernon There was no good spot to park the car to get it directly into the photo, but if you look to the left of the "blue box," you'll see its reflection. I did this once before for Midland over 5 years and 275 post offices ago. (9/2/25)
Mulino - 97042
Mulino - "Mulino" is a corruption of the Spanish word molino, or mill, and was chosen for the name when postal authorities objected that "Molino" was easily confused with nearby Molalla. (3/2/25)
Murphy - 97533
Murphy - It was over a month ago when I took this photo, and I can remember absolutely nothing aboutit. (9/21/25)
Myrtle Creek - 97457
Myrtle Creek - This P.O. must be the town gathering place as every spot anywhere near it was full and there were also several people gathered outside just talking. We stopped again the curb in a no parking zone, I hopped out, took this and drove off. (10/04/21)
Nehalem - 97131
Nehalem - The sign in front of me says "No Parking," but I couldn't park in the official spots out front because they were full of cars going to the bakery next door. (10/19/25)
Neotsu - 97364
Neotsu - The community of Neostu is on the 45th parallel north, which is halfway from the North Pole to the equator. (3/1/26)
Newberg - 97132-2155
Newburg DCU - Like the downtown Newberg post office exemplifies what a post office building should look like, so too does this Detached Carrier Unit look its part too. (4/13/25)
Newberg - 97132-2928
Newburg - Now this is a building worth of a Post Office. The historic post office was constructed in 1935-6 with federal Treasury Department funds. The building, which houses an example of New Deal artwork inside, is still in operation. (4/13/25)
New Pine Creek - 97635
New Pine Creek - This post office is like maybe 20 yards from the California border. The city of New Pine Creek is half in Oregon and half in our southern neighbor state, but there is no post office in California. (3/30/25)
Newport - 97365
Newport - This was the town I was overnighting in, but before I snapped this photo I continued down the coast another 25 miles to get a couple more post office photos first. (3/1/26)
North Plains - 97133
North Plains - North Plains is the first town you come to outside Portland on the way to the coast on US-26. (3/22/25)
North Powder - 97867
North Powder - North Powder was platted in 1885 or 1886 along the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company rail line, having been a stage stop before then. (12/8/25)
Nyssa - 97913
Nyssa - During WWII instead of being incarcerated in the Portland area, 400 Japanese were set up near Nyssa in a farm labor camp for the Amalgamated Sugar Company. (12/7/25).
O'Brien - 97534
O'Brien - Basically a country store and this Post Office are all you see of the town along US199 coming into Oregon from California. (10/05/21)
Oakland - 97462
Oakland - Oakland was the first city to be placed on the state's historic register, in May 1968. The city's two-block business district consists of the original brick buildings built in the 1880s and 1890s. Stearns Hardware has been in operation since 1887, and has occupied its building since it was built in 1891 (8/25/25)
Oakridge - 97463
Oakridge - There was someone parked right where I am now when I first saw the post office so I slowly made a long slow circle around the block. When I got back, ta da! (3/29/25)
Oceanside - 97134
Oceanside - The fellow leaning over on the right was packing up his windsurfing parachute-like kite. (10/19/25)
Odell - 97044
Odell - I went back today to pick up the one post office I totally spaced on last week during my Mount Hood loop. (7/6/25)
Ontario - 97914
Ontario - This is the largest of the day, and it's fitting, as this is the biggest town of the day. (12/7/25)
Oregon City - 97045
Oregon City - The signage tells me this was a early 2000s Post Office, but the building looks nothing like a Post Office of any era. Maybe the building was for an entirely different company that went bankrupt so Uncle Sam repurposed it. (11/17/24)
Otis - 97368
Otis - Is that front plate on straight? (3/1/26)
Pacific City - 97135
Pacific City - This town was a few miles closer to the Pacific Ocean than US-101, so it had a nice quiet feel to it. (3/1/26)
Paisley - 97636
Paisley - Home of the annual Mosquito Festival that raises funds for Vector Control which is a method to limit or eradicate the insects which transmit diseases. (9/17/23)
Pendleton - 97801
Pendleton -It's population was 17,107 at the time of the 2020 census, which includes approximately 1,600 people who are incarcerated at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution. (8/17/25)
Philomath - 97370
Philomath - Philomath was named after the Philomath College[7] which was founded in 1867 by the United Brethren Church. The name of the college and city was derived from two Greek words meaning "lover of learning". (8/23/25)
Phoenix - 97535
Phoenix - No, we didn't take a wrong turn in Albuquerque, there is a Phoenix in Oregon. (10/03/21)