Chiloquin, OR

Chiloquin is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. The 2020 census counted 767 residents. Chiloquin was the pioneer version of a Klamath family name Chaloquin, which was the name of a Klamath chief who was alive at the time of the treaty of 1864. Southern Pacific records also show that a woman named Bessie Chiloquin deeded a right-of-way through the area to the railroad on February 14, 1914. As of 2002, the four largest employers in Chiloquin were Weyerhaeuser, Jeld-Wen, Klamath Tribes, and Klamath County Schools.

Chiloquin includes a railway museum, 25 miles of total track, and trains that a person can straddle and ride. Chiloquin High School, for students in grades 7 through 12, is in the city, as is Chiloquin Elementary, for students in kindergarten through grade 6. Chiloquin makes sense once you see how its past, landscape, and current gathering spots overlap. The useful thing to know about Chiloquin is that its older landmarks and current settings belong to one connected place.