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Halfway, OR
Halfway is a city in Baker County, Oregon, United States. The city took its name from the location of its post office, on the Alexander Stalker ranch, halfway between Pine and Jim Town. The population was 351 at the 2020 census. The community was named for the fact it is roughly halfway between Pine and Cornucopia. While a post office was established in 1887, the town was platted in another location in 1907, the post office moved there in 1908, and it incorporated in 1909.
We are a small city nestled into the foothills of the Wallowa Whitman National Forest, located approximately 54 miles from Baker City, OR and 18 Miles from the Idaho State border along Hells Canyon and the Snake River. Halfway and the surrounding Pine Valley area is primarily a ranch community that thrives off our supportive and welcoming nature. The winter months welcome all with an abundant snow pack suitable for snow shoeing, sledding, snowmobiling, skiing and snowboarding. The spring, summer and fall seasons allow for all your summer recreation needs with Rodeos, hiking, water sports, camping, and more.
Halfway earned a place in the history of the dot-com era in December 1999, when it received and accepted an offer to rename itself as Half.com, after the e-commerce start-up, for one year in exchange for US$110,000, 20 computers for the school, and other financial subsidies. It became the first city in the world to rename itself as a dot com. Among the less obvious reasons the town was chosen were its small population size (and thus its likelihood to accept such an offer) and the city's location, which fit perfectly into Half.com's marketing scheme. "They're within four miles of the 45th parallel which makes it halfway between the equator and the North Pole".
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