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Maxville, Oregon
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 Maxville, Oregon
Location in Oregon
Maxville, Oregon
Location in the United States
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Wallowa |
| Elevation | 4,058 ft (1,237 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code |
97828
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| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
Maxville is an unincorporated community and former company town in northern Wallowa County, Oregon, USA. The town was built in 1923 by the Bowman-Hicks Lumber Company, a large Southern firm with timber and mills in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Bowman-Hicks hired experienced loggers, regardless of race, from the Southern United States. In keeping with the Jim Crow practices common in the South at that time, Maxville had segregated neighborhoods, schools and baseball teams.
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