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Veneta is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,561.

Veneta city overview:
Name:	Veneta city
LSAD Code:	25
LSAD Description:	city (suffix)
State:	Oregon
County:	Lane County
Incorporated:	1962
Elevation:	418 ft (127.4 m)
Total Area:	2.57 sq mi (6.66 km²)
Land Area:	2.57 sq mi (6.66 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	5,214
Population Density:	2,028.79/sq mi (783.34/km²)
ZIP code:	97487
Area code:	458 and 541
FIPS code:	4177050
GNISfeature ID:	1136867
Website:	www.ci.veneta.or.us

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History

Veneta was established in 1912 by Edmund Eugene Hunter, who named the settlement after his five-year-old daughter. Veneta post office was established in 1914. Veneta Hunter Vincent, the city’s namesake, died in 2000 at age 91. She had attended the city’s 70th anniversary party in 1982.

Veneta has been the site of the annual Oregon Country Fair, originally called the Renaissance Faire, since 1970.

On August 27, 1972, the Grateful Dead played a concert—the first “Field Trip”—at the Oregon Country Fair site. The concert, a benefit for Springfield Creamery, has become legendary to Deadheads and is documented in the film Sunshine Daydream. The city’s name is used on Veneta, Oregon, a 2004 release by New Riders of the Purple Sage, which is a live recording of the group’s opening performance at the 1972 Field Trip.

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Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.57 square miles (6.66 km), all of it land.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Veneta has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated “Csb” on climate maps.