Medford, Oregon

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The city of Medford is located in Jackson County and is the county seat.

Medford is 430 feet [131.06 m] above sea level.^<1>

Time Zone: Medford lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time.

Communities that are also named Medford can be found in:

At the time of the 2000 Census, Medford had a population of 63,154 people^<3> (or 34.74% of the total population of Jackson County). The population of Medford represented 1.85% of the total of Oregon, making it the state's 7th most populous community.

From the Census Estimates for 2008, Medford had a population of 73,212 people. This is an increase of 15.93% since the 2000 Census.

The following table shows the recent changes in population. For the years after 2000, the population counts are estimated. More information can be found on the Census Page for Medford.

The following is a sample of nearby communities:

	Community	Direction	Distance<4>	2008 Population	Change Since 2000
	Ashland	SE	12 mi [19.31 km]	21,390	9.57% increase
	Eagle Point	N	9 mi [14.48 km]	8,302	73.07% increase
	Gold Hill	NW	12 mi [19.31 km]	1,070	0.28% decrease
	Jacksonville	W	6 mi [9.66 km]	2,181	2.42% decrease
	Phoenix	SE	4 mi [6.44 km]	4,402	8.42% increase
	Rogue River	W	17 mi [27.36 km]	1,932	4.6% increase

To learn more about neighboring communities and counties, please visit the Neighborhood Page for Medford.

Websites for Medford

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The Commemorative Quarter for Oregon<5>

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People are finding Google's 'Search-by-Location' to be a useful tool when planning visits to this area. We have prepared the following searches to help you find businesses, travel and vacation activities that are in (or close to) Medford. It's likely that the search results won't include all of the businesses that are in this area, but the results should give you a good foundation for further searches.

For what it's worth: In addition to helping you submit your own search, clicking 'Other...' will frequently (but not always) show you some popular searches for this area.

If you find an error or your business wasn't included in the results, please contact Google to help them resolve the issue (we simply link to 'Search-by-Location' and have no control over their results).

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