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Central Point is an incorporated city in Jackson County, Oregon, nicknamed The Fair City.

The city was incorporated in 1889.

The 2020 census counted 18,997 residents in Central Point, living in 7,396 households, with a median age of 39.7 years.

Pioneer Isaac Constant, who settled here in 1852, named the location Central Point because of its position at a crossroads in the middle of the Rogue Valley, where the main north-south road from the Willamette Valley met the road between Jacksonville and settlements along the Rogue River.

The Magruder brothers opened a store at the crossroads in about 1870, and a post office was established here under the name Central Point in 1872.

Central Point shares its southern border with Medford and is part of the Medford metropolitan area, lying along Oregon Highway 99 and Interstate 5 northwest of Medford, with Jacksonville to the south and Gold Hill to the northwest.

Griffin Creek, a tributary of Bear Creek, joins the larger stream at Central Point, and the Bear Creek Greenway biking and hiking trail passes through the city.

Central Point is home of the Jackson County Fair, which occurs in July.

The city covers about 3.9 square miles, all of it land, at an elevation of about 1,272 feet.

Central Point's own ZIP code is 97502.