page_title: Tangent, Oregon
hierarchical_section_title: Tangent, Oregon
context_page_description: Tangent is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,164 at the 2010 census.
  Tangent was the site of a railway station on the Southern Pacific line south of Albany. Its name referred to a straight stretch of the line with no curves for more than 20 miles. The federal government established a post office in Tangent on September 17, 1872.
context_section_description: Tangent is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,164 at the 2010 census.
  Tangent was the site of a railway station on the Southern Pacific line south of Albany. Its name referred to a straight stretch of the line with no curves for more than 20 miles (32 km). The federal government established a post office in Tangent on September 17, 1872.
caption: Location in Oregon