Austin is an unincorporated community, considered a ghost town,[1][2] in Grant County, Oregon, United States.

It is located north of Oregon Route 7, near the Middle Fork John Day River in the Malheur National Forest.

[4] The railway was built by Oregon Lumber Company and Austin became an important railroad logging community.

Austin sawmills supplied lumber for places such as Greenhorn and the Bonanza Mine, higher up in the Blue Mountains.

Built in 1959,[6] the business is about 2.5 miles (4.0 km) from the original site of Austin and serves as a combination tavern, grocery store, restaurant and gas station.