Hardman, Oregon
Hardman, Oregon | |
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Collapsing house in Hardman | |
| Coordinates: 45°10′11″N 119°40′55″W / 45.16972°N 119.68194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Morrow |
| Elevation | 3,563 ft (1,086 m) |
| Population (1990) | |
• Total | 20 |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (Pacific) |
| Area code | 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136356 |
Hardman is a historic community located in southern Morrow County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is on Oregon Route 207 about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Heppner and 32 miles (51 km) north of Spray. Hardman is at an elevation of about 3,600 feet (1,100 m) in an agricultural area slightly west of the Blue Mountains of northeastern Oregon. Rock Creek, a tributary of the Columbia River, flows northwest by Hardman and to its south to meet the river at Lake Umatilla. A former social and commercial center for surrounding farm communities, Hardman became a ghost town following the completion of a railroad to Heppner in the 1920s. The main surviving commercial building, the Hardman IOOF Lodge Hall, was added to the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 2012.