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Halfway is a city in Baker County, Oregon, 54 miles east of Baker City along Oregon Route 86.

As of the 2020 census, Halfway had a population of 351, living in 166 households.

The city took its name from the location of its post office, on the Alexander Stalker ranch, halfway between Pine and Jim Town, also described as halfway between Pine and Cornucopia.

A post office was established in 1887, the town was platted in another location in 1907, the post office moved there in 1908, and Halfway incorporated in 1909.

The city covers 0.37 square miles, all land, at an elevation of 2,651 feet, and its ZIP code is 97834.

Halfway sits close to the 45th parallel, which makes it nearly halfway between the equator and the North Pole.

During the dot-com bubble, Halfway agreed in December 1999 to rename itself Half.com for one year as a publicity stunt for the e-commerce company of the same name.

In exchange the town received 110,000 dollars, 20 computers for the school, and other financial subsidies, becoming the first city in the world to rename itself as a dot-com.

The proclamation did not legally change the city's name, and the city posted two signs at its borders greeting visitors with America's First Dot-com City.

One of those signs was auctioned in September 2007 for 1,000 dollars, and the winner was Half.com founder Josh Kopelman.