North Powder is a city in Union County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, North Powder had a population of 504.

History

North Powder was platted in 1885 or 1886 along the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company rail line, having been a stage stop before then.

David Eccles, a Mormon businessman, created the Hall Brothers Lumber Company in the town once the railway arrived.

North Powder prospered because it had an icehouse that supplied the refrigerator cars of Pacific Fruit Express until the icehouse burned down in the 1930s.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, North Powder has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

Demographics

2020 census

As of the 2020 census, North Powder had a population of 504, the median age was 43.3 years, 27.0% of residents were under the age of 18, 22.4% were 65 years of age or older, and there were 92.4 males for every 100 females and 92.7 males for every 100 females age 18 and over.

As of the 2020 census, 0% of residents lived in urban areas and 100.0% lived in rural areas.

As of the 2020 census, there were 203 households in North Powder, of which 32.0% had children under the age of 18 living in them, 46.8% were married-couple households, 21.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, 28.1% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present, about 29.6% were made up of individuals, and 14.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

! Race !! Number !! Percent

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| White || 437 || 86.7%

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| Black or African American || 2 || 0.4%

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| American Indian and Alaska Native || 1 || 0.2%

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| Asian || 3 || 0.6%

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| Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander || 0 || 0%

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| Some other race || 15 || 3.0%

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| Two or more races || 46 || 9.1%

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| Hispanic or Latino (of any race) || 33 || 6.5%

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2010 census

As of the census of 2010, there were 439 people, 184 households, and 111 families living in the city. The population density was . There were 214 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 92.5% White, 0.5% African American, 1.6% Native American, 0.5% Asian, 2.3% from other races, and 2.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 8.9% of the population.

There were 184 households, of which 27.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.5% were married couples living together, 7.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 2.2% had a male householder with no wife present, and 39.7% were non-families. 31.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.39 and the average family size was 3.10.

Union County is not in the boundary of any community college district.

Notable people

  • Margaret Rayburn, educator, member of the Washington House of Representatives

References

  • Listing for North Powder in the Oregon Blue Book