WayfarrowJerrys Flat
Ghost town · Curry County, Oregon
Jerrys Flat is a ghost town in Curry County, Oregon. It is one of 5 former communities in Curry County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 27th among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Jerrys Flat as a historical populated place on the Signal Buttes topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 42.4535° N, 124.3686° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Signal Buttes |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 58 ft |
| Nearest living town | Wedderburn, OR |
| Distance to it | 2.9 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1132615 |
| Coordinates | 42.45351, -124.36862 |
What's there now
Jerrys Flat is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Wedderburn, OR (population 261), about 2.9 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 58 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Knoxvilleghost town · Curry County · 3.4 mi
- Frankportghost town · Curry County · 9.8 mi
- Eckleyghost town · Curry County · 28.2 mi
- Cape Blanco Lightlighthouse · Curry County · 28.3 mi
- Pelican Bay Lightlighthouse · Curry County · 29 mi
- Lakeportghost town · Curry County · 31.8 mi
- Khoonkhwuttunneghost town · Del Norte County · 36 mi
- Etelkaghost town · Coos County · 37.6 mi
- Kerbyghost town · Josephine County · 40.9 mi
- St. George Reef Lightlighthouse · Del Norte County · 42.7 mi
- Sandy Creek Bridgecovered bridge · Coos County · 45.3 mi
- Sandy Creek Covered Bridge, Oregoncovered bridge · Coos County · 45.3 mi
Questions
Where is Jerrys Flat?
Jerrys Flat is in Curry County, Oregon, at 42.4535, -124.3686.
How many ghost towns are in Curry County?
Curry County, Oregon has 5 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.