Grass Valley, Oregon

The City of Grass Valley was incorporated in 1901. The town is located south of Moro in Sherman County on Highway 97. Wheat farming is the major local industry. The 2000 census lists the population of Grass Valley at 170.

City Hall
109 SW Second Street,
PO Box 191
Grass Valley, OR 97029
Phone: 541-333-2434
Fax: 541-333-2276

Public Services

Fire - 911.
Non-emergency: 541-333-2401
Electricity - PP&L 541-333-2144, 888-221-7070;
Garbage - Sunrise Sanitation 541-442-5410

History

Pioneer settlers, without ever changing countenance, tell newcomers that in early days the rye-grass was so tall in this part of Oregon that it was well over a man's head. They even state that this was so when the man was on horseback. This accounts for the name. Grass Valley was incorporated as a result of a popular vote held Sept. 10, 1900. -- Source: Oregon Geographic Names, Sixth Edition, 1992, Lewis L. McArthur, Oregon Historical Society Press, ISBN O-87595-237-2.

Business Listings

Bc's Primitives
104 Mill St
Grass Valley OR 97029
Phone: 541-333-2407

First Baptist Church
Grass Valley OR 97029
Phone: 541-333-2533

Mid Columbia Producers Inc.
Grass Valley Elevator -
602 Mill St., Grass Valley OR 97029
Phone: 541-333-2200

Grass Valley Scale House
Hwy 97., Grass Valley OR 97029
Phone: 541-333-2206

South Sherman Elementary
212 NE North Street
Grass Valley OR 97029

St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Hwy 97
Grass Valley OR 97029
Phone: 541-442-5496