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Helix is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, that had a population of 194 as of the 2020 census, living in 60 households, and it is part of the Pendleton-Hermiston Micropolitan Statistical Area.

Helix was incorporated in 1903, and its motto is 'Heart of the Country.'

Helix was originally to be named Oxford, but authorities declined that option when the community's post office was to be named in 1880, so citizens chose Helix, a geometry term and a part of the ear, since a resident had recently had ear surgery, although Oregon Geographic Names author Lewis A. McArthur doubted the story.

Helix covers just 0.13 square miles, all of it land, at an elevation of 1,755 feet in the wheat country of northeastern Oregon.

As of the 2020 census, Helix's median age was 34.6 years, with 34.5 percent of residents under the age of 18, and all of its residents lived in rural areas.

Helix School is the predominant employer within the city, and the land immediately surrounding Helix is used almost exclusively for dryland farming, with wheat as the predominant crop and canola or peas used as cover and break crops.

The Stateline Wind Farm and the Vansycle Wind Project are located nearby, bringing wind energy to the area around the small farming city.

Helix is home to the Helix Heart of the Country Rodeo, held on the first Saturday in June every year, and the city also hosts the annual Wheatstock music festival during August.

Helix has produced several notable public figures, including Oregon state legislator Bob Brogoitti, former Adjutant General of Oregon Raymond F. Rees, and Lowell Stockman, who represented Oregon in the United States House of Representatives from 1943 to 1953.

Helix is listed with ZIP code 97835 and area codes 458 and 541, and its population grew from 184 in 2010 to 194 in 2020.