title: Fox, Oregon
text: # Fox, Oregon
  
  Fox is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States, on U.S. Route 395 south of Long Creek.
  
  Fox is named after Fox Creek, a tributary of the North Fork John Day River. The creek was named for an incident involving a fox that occurred during a hunting or prospecting trip in pioneer times. Fox post office was established circa 1883 discontinued in 2002, and formerly had a ZIP code of 97831. Fox is now served by the Long Creek post office (ZIP code 97845).
  
  Fox was the birthplace of noted artist Morris Graves.
  
  ## Climate
  
  This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Fox has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.
  
  