Dayville, OR

Dayville is a city along U.S. Route 26 in Grant County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The 2010 census counted 149 residents. Dayville was incorporated in 1913. Dayville was named for the John Day River. The through line in Dayville is the way its history and present-day settings remain visible on the same map. Dayville makes the most sense through those concrete details, with its history still visible in the settings people use today. The original site of the Dayville post office was 3 miles west of the city's current location. The city is 125 miles east of Bend and 233 miles southeast of Portland, at the confluence of the John Day River with the South Fork John Day River. U.S. Route 26 runs east–west through Dayville, and South Fork Road, which runs north–south along the smaller river, meets the larger highway in the city.