Post, Oregon

Post is an unincorporated community in Crook County, Oregon, United States. It has a post office assigned the ZIP code of 97752. Post lies along Oregon Route 380 southeast of Prineville at an elevation of 3383 ft. 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 66 F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Post has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. However, the average temperature in January is about 29 F, and Post gets only about 13 in of precipitation a year. Snowfall amounts to an average of about 42 in annually.

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