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Tangent
Oregon · OR
About Tangent
City in Oregon, United States1893Established
1,231Population
3.8 sq miArea
243 ftElevation
Tangent is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,231 at the 2020 census. Tangent was the site of a railway station on the Southern Pacific line south of Albany. Its name referred to a straight stretch of the line with no curves for more than 20 miles (32 km). The federal government established a post office in Tangent on September 17, 1872.
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