Klamath Falls (Or.)
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Name (Hebrew)
קלאמאת' פולס (אורגון)
Name (Latin)
Klamath Falls (Or.)
Other forms of name
City of Klamath Falls (Or.)
ʻiWLaLLoonʻa (Or.)
Coordinates
-121.7775 -121.7775 42.22333333 42.22333333 (gooearth )
W1214654 W1214654 N0421330 N0421330 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
See Also From tracing place name
Linkville (Or.)
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- City of Klamath Falls, Oregon website, July 9, 2019:home page (City of Klamath Falls, Oregon; 500 Klamath Avenue, Klamath Falls, OR 97601) history of Klamath Falls (The Town of Linkville was formed at the mouth of the Link River by George Nurse in 1867. In 1893 the name was changed to the town of Klamath Falls and would eventually be incorporated as the City of Klamath Falls by the state legislature in 1905)
- GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 42°13ʹ30ʺN 121°46ʹ54ʺW)
- Oregon geographic names, c1992(Klamath Falls; Linkville founded in 1867; name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1892-1893)
- Wikipedia, July 9, 2019(Klamath Falls, Oregon; Klamath Falls (Klamath: ʻiWLaLLoonʻa ["ʻ" appears in source as the IPA character for glottal stop]) is a city in and the county seat of Klamath County, Oregon; originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867; name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1893)
- Zoning ordinance, 1959:cover (City of Klamath Falls)
- History of Oregon newspapers, 1939:p. 400-401 (Linkville changes name to Klamath Falls)
Wikipedia description:
Klamath Falls ( KLAM-əth) is a city in and the county seat of Klamath County, Oregon, United States. The city was originally called Linkville when George Nurse founded the town in 1867. It was named after the Link River, on whose falls the city was sited. The name was changed to Klamath Falls in 1893. The population was 21,813 at the 2020 census. With its suburb Altamont, a census-designated place, the combined population of the towns is 42,046 residents. The city is on the southeastern shore of the Upper Klamath Lake, at the foothills of the Cascade Range, and is home to the Oregon Institute of Technology. Logging was the first major industry of Klamath Falls.
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