Post is an unincorporated community in Crook County,

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, United States. It has a

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assigned the ZIP code of 97752. Post lies along Oregon Route 380 southeast of Prineville at an elevation of . Post was named for Walter H. Post, the first postmaster of the Post post office, established in 1889.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above about . According to the

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system, Post has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. However, the average temperature in January is about , and Post gets only about of precipitation a year. Snowfall amounts to an average of about annually.

Notable residents

Author and school teacher Alice Day Pratt lived near Post on her homestead, Broadview, from 1912 through 1930.

References

Works cited

* Unincorporated communities in Crook County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{CrookCountyOR-geo-stub