Gilliam County
Arlington is a small town located in the northern part of Gilliam County, located near the eastern entrance to the Columbia River Gorge. Once located along the riverbank, the city was relocated higher on the hills overlooking the Columbia River in the 1960s to remove it from the inundation area behind John Day Dam. The City of Arlington was incorporated in 1885.
The population of Arlington was listed at 520 during the 2000 census, and 530 in 2002. This is approximately a quarter of the population of Gilliam County, which is listed at 2074. The elevation of Arlington is 285 feet.
City Offices
500 West First Street,
PO Box 68
Arlington, OR 97812
Telephone: 541-454-2743
Fax: 541-454-2753
Email:
Mayor: Ruben T. Wetherell
Business and Services
Fire: 9-1-1 (emergencies only)
Fire non-emergency: 541-454-2900
Water: 541-454-2743
Sewer: 541-454-2743
Electricity (PP&L): 541-567-8331
City garbage: 541-454-2743
Streets/Road Dept.: 541-454-2743
City library: 541-454-2444
Arlington Elementary (K-8)
1400 Main St.
Arlington OR 97812
Phone: 541-454-2727
Arlington High School (9-12)
1200 Main St.
Arlington OR 97812
Phone: 541-454-2632
Arlington School District
1200 Main St.
Arlington OR 97812
Phone: 541-454-2632
Fax: (541) 454-2137
Church of the Nazarene
600 Main St.
Arlington OR 97812
Phone: 541-434-2963
Mid Columbia Producers Inc. - Mikkalo
65702 Barnett Rd.
Arlington OR 97812
Phone: 541-454-2512
Port Of Arlington
PO Box 279
Arlington OR 97812
Phone: 541-454-2868
United Methodist Church
150 Hemlock St.
Arlington OR 97812
Phone: 541-454-2709
History
This town is on the south bank of the Columbia River at the mouth of Alkali Canyon. In pioneer days the place was known as Alkali. The post office at Alkali, which was then in Wasco County, was established on Nov. 7, 1881. Local residents did not consider the name Alkali suitable for a growing community, and at a town meeting N.A. Cornish suggested that the town be named Arlington, supposedly because there were a number of southerners living in the community at the time and it was the home of General Robert E. Lee. However, an ulterior motive lay hidden, for many years later his daughter, Nellie C. Cornish, in Miss Aunt Nellie, p. 28, says the name was selected to honor her father whose full name was Nathan Arlington Cornish. Cornish apparently neglected to mention this connection and the honor went unknown, at least during his lifetime. The name of the community Alkali was changed to Arlington by an act passed at a special session of the legislature and approved Nov. 20, 1885, and the Post Office Department conformed on Dec. 31, 1885. -- Source: Oregon Geographic Names, Sixth Edition, 1992, Lewis L. McArthur, Oregon Historical Society Press, ISBN O-87595-237-2.
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