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Suntex, Oregon

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Suntex, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Suntex is located in Oregon
Suntex
Suntex
Location within Oregon
Suntex is located in the United States
Suntex
Suntex
Location within the United States
Coordinates: 43°35′27″N 119°37′49″W / 43.59083°N 119.63028°W / 43.59083; -119.63028
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyHarney
Elevation
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4,308 ft (1,313 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code541
GNIS feature ID1129842[1]

Suntex is an unincorporated community in Harney County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was established with the placement of a post office in the valley of Silver Creek west of Burns and north of U.S. Route 20.[2]

The Suntex post office was set up in 1916 and closed in 1949, after which Suntex mail was handled through the post office in Riley. W. F. Sturges, the first postmaster at Suntex, said that postal authorities had assigned the name "Suntex", which had no local significance, for reasons he was unaware of.[3]

Education

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The zoned K-8 school is Suntex Elementary School,[4] operated by the Suntex School District 10.[5]

High school students are zoned to Crane Union High School,[6] of Harney County Union High School District 1J.[5]

The Suntex School started operations circa 1930.[7] A previous campus opened circa 1950. In 1978, the campus only had elementary grades, and the district sent middle and high school students to Burns schools.[8]

There was a 1970 referendum on whether the school would remain open.[7] The school did so. There was a 1970 school merger proposal that was rejected by voters.[9] This was a proposal to merge the Suntex and Double O districts along with the elementary school districts of Burns (Burns ESD) and Hines, as well as the Burns high school district. In the Suntex school district, 23 people voted no and 10 voted yes.[10] A 1975 proposal to merge the same districts was turned down by voters.[11] The Burns and Hines elementary districts and the Burns high school district ultimately combined into Harney County School District 3 in 1989.[12] The previous campus was destroyed in a 1978 fire.[13] A referendum on building a new school building passed with 33 in favor and 3 against, with $25,000 given by the bond.[14]

Harney County is not in a community college district but has a "contract out of district" (COD) with Treasure Valley Community College.[15] TVCC operates the Burns Outreach Center in Burns.[16]

References

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  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Suntex, Oregon
  2. ↑ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved January 4, 2016 – via Acme Mapper.
  3. ↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 925. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  4. ↑ "Education". Harney County Economic Development. Retrieved July 15, 2022. Suntex Elementary School 68178 Silver Creek Road Riley, OR 97758
  5. 1 2 Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 Census - School District Reference Map: Harney County, OR (PDF) (Map). Suitland, Maryland: U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved July 15, 2022. - Text list
  6. ↑ "CUHS Rural Feeder School Districts". Crane Union High School. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  7. 1 2 "School may close". The Oregon Daily Journal. Vol. 68, no. 264. Portland, Oregon. January 12, 1970. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Blaze destroys wee school at Riley". Bend Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. May 20, 1978. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "School plan loses". East Oregonian. Pendleton, Oregon. Associated Press. December 4, 1970. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Around Oregon: Consolidation Loses". The Redmond Spokesman. Burns Times-Herald. December 9, 1970. p. 24 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "All four school merger proposals are rejected". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. May 7, 1975. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Former school chief moves to Yakima Valley". Baker City Herald. July 8, 1992. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "School burns". Corvallis Gazette-Times. Corvallis, Oregon. Associated Press. May 20, 1978. p. 26. - Clipping at Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Oregon voters tight-fisted on levies". Oregon Journal. Portland, Oregon. November 8, 1978. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ "Oregon Community Colleges and Community College Districts" (PDF). Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Burns Outreach Center". Treasure Valley Community College. Retrieved July 17, 2022.

Further reading

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  • The History of a School: Suntex School 1891-2001 - A Small Slice of Pioneer Life. By Helen C. Cowan (compiler) and Anne Macomber-Smith (assistant).


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