Merrill is a city in Klamath County, Oregon, United States.
Merrill is an agricultural area and is home to an annual Potato Festival.
[7] Merrill was the birthplace and boyhood home of Carl Barks, the Disney comics artist who created Scrooge McDuck, among other characters.
Merrill is at an elevation of 4,071 feet (1,241 m)[5] in southern Klamath County, near the Oregon–California border.
[8] Mount Shasta in the Cascade Range southwest of Merrill, although it lies across the California state line, is visible from the city.
[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.46 square miles (1.19 km2), all of it land.
[11] The region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C).
[10] As of 2002, the five largest employers in Merrill were the Malin Potato Coop, Klamath County School District, the Martin Food Center, the Merrill Grain and Feed Center, and Country Boy Meats.
24.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.