Fox is an unincorporated community in Grant County, Oregon, United States, on U.S. Route 395 south of Long Creek. Fox is named after Fox Creek, a tributary of the North Fork John Day River. The creek was named for an incident involving a fox that occurred during a hunting or prospecting trip in pioneer times. Fox post office was established circa 1883 discontinued in 2002, and formerly had a ZIP code of 97831. Fox is now served by the Long Creek post office (ZIP code 97845). Fox was the birthplace of noted artist Morris Graves.