Paulina, Oregon
Paulina, Oregon | |
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Paulina general store and post office | |
Paulina Location in Oregon Paulina Paulina (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 44°08′02″N 119°57′46″W / 44.13375°N 119.96276°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Crook |
| Elevation | 3,688 ft (1,124 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (Pacific) |
| ZIP code | 97751 |
Paulina (/pɔːˈlaɪ.nə/ paw-LY-nə) is an unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, United States. It is about 55 miles (89 km) east of Prineville on Oregon Route 380. It was named after Paiute Chief Paulina. Paulina post office was established in 1882.[1] Paulina has one K-8 grade school.[2] The community is the home of the Paulina Rodeo, which was the subject of a Kim Stafford poem,[3] and the Paulina Ranger District of the Ochoco National Forest.[4]
Climate
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Paulina has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[5]
| Climate data for Paulina | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °F (°C) | 59 (15) |
71 (22) |
78 (26) |
87 (31) |
98 (37) |
99 (37) |
106 (41) |
105 (41) |
101 (38) |
92 (33) |
74 (23) |
65 (18) |
106 (41) |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 38.9 (3.8) |
45.4 (7.4) |
52.5 (11.4) |
59.7 (15.4) |
68.5 (20.3) |
77.2 (25.1) |
86.7 (30.4) |
86.2 (30.1) |
78.6 (25.9) |
66.1 (18.9) |
48.2 (9.0) |
39.6 (4.2) |
62.3 (16.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | 17.6 (−8.0) |
22.1 (−5.5) |
25.2 (−3.8) |
27.8 (−2.3) |
34 (1) |
40 (4) |
43.4 (6.3) |
41.5 (5.3) |
33.6 (0.9) |
26.5 (−3.1) |
23.9 (−4.5) |
18.3 (−7.6) |
29.5 (−1.4) |
| Record low °F (°C) | −36 (−38) |
−33 (−36) |
1 (−17) |
7 (−14) |
8 (−13) |
18 (−8) |
26 (−3) |
21 (−6) |
11 (−12) |
−9 (−23) |
−20 (−29) |
−38 (−39) |
−38 (−39) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 1.31 (33) |
0.77 (20) |
0.98 (25) |
0.97 (25) |
1.23 (31) |
1 (25) |
0.6 (15) |
0.6 (15) |
0.47 (12) |
0.84 (21) |
1.29 (33) |
1.22 (31) |
11.27 (286) |
| Average snowfall inches (cm) | 6.9 (18) |
2.8 (7.1) |
1.7 (4.3) |
0.6 (1.5) |
0.1 (0.25) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0.2 (0.51) |
2.6 (6.6) |
7.4 (19) |
22.3 (57) |
| Average precipitation days | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 69 |
| Source: [6] | |||||||||||||
Education
There is one school district in the county: Crook County School District.[7] Residents attend Paulina Elementary School, a K-8 school. What became the school's main building opened in 1949.[8]
After Paulina elementary, they attend Crook County High School in Prineville. The bus ride to Crook County High each way is two hours.[9]
Crook County is in the boundary of Central Oregon Community College.[10]
References
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ "Schools". Crook County School District. Archived from the original on October 12, 2006. Retrieved December 2, 2006.
- ^ "A Thousand Friends Of Rain: New and Selected Poems 1976-1998". Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved December 2, 2006.
- ^ Dow, Fred; Dow, Suzanne (2009). U.S. National Forest Campground Guide, Pacific Northwest Region - Oregon. Moon Canyon Publishing. p. 231. ISBN 9780976751670. Retrieved September 5, 2013.
- ^ Climate Summary for Paulina, Oregon
- ^ "PAULINA, OR (356500)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 26, 2015.
- ^ Geography Division (December 18, 2020). 2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Crook County, OR (PDF) (Map). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved April 3, 2025. - Text list
- ^ King, Rachael Scarborough (May 12, 2007). "Paulina Elementary: One of Oregon's smallest schools worries about its future". The Bulletin. pp. A1, A10-A11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The long ride". The Bulletin. December 17, 2006. pp. A1, A8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oregon Community Colleges and Community College Districts" (PDF). Oregon Department of Community Colleges & Workforce Development. Retrieved April 3, 2025.
External links
- History of Paulina copied from Oregon Geographic Names at oregoncities.com
- Historic photos of Paulina from Salem Public Library