Waldo is a ghost town located in Josephine County, Oregon, United States, about three miles from the California border.

[1] It was settled in 1852 as a gold mining camp called Sailor's Diggings.

[1][3] This was apparently because, believing the settlement was in California, William Waldo campaigned there and convinced the populace that they should vote for him.

[1][5] The post office for Waldo was established in 1856; service was discontinued in 1928.

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