Basque, Oregon

CountryUnited States

Elevation

^[1]

4,459 ft (1,359 m)

Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific)

Area code541

Basque, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°24′39″N 117°52′07″W / 42.41083°N 117.86861°W / 42.41083; -117.86861
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Malheur
Elevation [1]	4,459 ft (1,359 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (Pacific)
Area code	541
GNIS feature ID	1136038[1]

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]