page_title: Umatilla County, Oregon
section_title: Communities
hierarchical_section_title: Umatilla County, Oregon / Communities
caption_attribution_description: English: Trestle seen off Sparks Station Rd at Pendleton Country Club, opposite of the McKay Reservoir, Pendleton, Oregon.
context_page_description: Umatilla County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 census, the population was 75,889. The county seat is Pendleton, but the largest city is Hermiston. The county is named for the Umatilla River.
  Umatilla County is part of the Hermiston-Pendleton, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area. It is included in the eight-county definition of Eastern Oregon.
context_section_description: Umatilla County is generally divided into three distinct economic and cultural areas, which are the West End, the Pendleton area, and the Milton-Freewater area.  Although each of these communities shares some economic ties, the distance between each creates three very distinct communities.  The West End includes the communities of Hermiston, Umatilla, Stanfield, and Echo.  The Pendleton area includes Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Adams, and Athena.  The Milton-Freewater area is largely tied to the Walla Walla, Washington area, and is considered a part of the Walla Walla Metropolitan Planning Organization.  The similarities between the areas has created a long-standing rivalry, particularly between the West-End and the Pendleton-area, with regard to economic opportunity and public resources.  The West End, led by Hermiston as its largest city, is now nearly twice the size of the Pendleton area, and is projected to be nearly three times the size of the Pendleton area by 2035.
caption: Trestle seen off Sparks Station Rd at Pendleton Country Club, opposite of the McKay Reservoir, Pendleton, Oregon. Transportation linkages in Umatilla are one of the county's major advantages.[19]
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