Official Name: | Basque, Oregon |
Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of Oregon |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Malheur |
Timezone: | Pacific |
Utc Offset: | -8 |
Timezone Dst: | Pacific |
Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
Area Code: | 541 |
Coordinates: | 42.4108°N -117.8686°W |
Elevation Ft: | 4459 |
Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
Blank1 Info: | 1136038[1] |
Footnotes: | Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System |
Basque is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States.[1] It lies along U.S. Route 95 about halfway between Burns Junction and McDermitt.[2] Basque migrants, many of them sheepherders, settled in remote parts of southeastern Oregon between the 1880s and the 1930s.[3]