Lostine, OR

Lostine is a city in Wallowa County, Oregon, United States. The 2020 census counted 241 residents. Lostine was named after a place by the same name in Cherokee County, Kansas, that served as the site of a short-lived farmers' post office in the 1870s. Laughlin was the first postmaster. In Lostine, history and present-day settings sit close enough to belong to the same local picture. The map tells the story in Lostine, where earlier chapters remain visible in current streets, buildings, and gathering places. Lostine lies along Oregon Route 82 about halfway between Wallowa and Enterprise. Nearby is the Lostine River, a tributary of the Wallowa River, east of the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon.