Nolin, Oregon

Nolin is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States.[1] Nolin is about 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Echo, next to the Umatilla River.[2] At one time the area was known as "Happy Canyon".[3] Adam "Ad" W. Nye, a settler of the 1860s, named the Nolin area Happy Canyon, for the spirit of the people who lived there.[3] The name was later adopted by Pendleton Round-Up for its indoor show in commemoration of this time.[3] Nye was County Sheriff in 1872–74.[3] The nearby community of Nye was named for him.[4]

Nolin, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Nolin, Oregon is located in Oregon
Nolin, Oregon
Nolin, Oregon
Nolin, Oregon is located in the United States
Nolin, Oregon
Nolin, Oregon
Coordinates: 45.683°N 119.101°W / 45.683; -119.101
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyUmatilla
Elevation
738 ft (225 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97826
Area code(s)458 and 541

At one time Nolin had a post office, a store, and a school.[3][5][6] Nolin also has a cemetery.[7] An Oregon Railway and Navigation Company (now Union Pacific) railroad line was built through Nolin, crossing the Umatilla River on a steel bridge constructed in 1907.[8][9]

The Cunningham Sheep Ranch, founded in the 1880s by Charles Cunningham, is based in Nolin.[3] It was once one of the largest sheep-raising operations in the United States. Today it raises rambouillet sheep.[3]

References
  1. "Nolin". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. "Echo's Cultural Inventory" (PDF). City of Echo, Oregon. January 2002. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  4. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 711. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  5. "Nolin Post Office (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. August 1, 1994. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  6. Furlong, Charles Wellington. "Let 'er Buck: A story of the Passing of the Old West". Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  7. "Nolin Cemetery". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
  8. "Equipment and Supplies: Railway Bridges". The Railway Age. The Wilson Company. 43: 587. April 5, 1907.
  9. Wood, Stanley (1904). Over the Range to the Golden Gate A Complete Tourist's Guide To Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Puget Sound, and the Great Northwest.


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