Linn County Towns and Geographical Places
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Location:
Twp 10S, Rge 3W, Sect 8
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Oregon Electric Railway.
Location:
Twp 15S, Rge 3W, Sect 12 approx
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
23 Apr 1887
First
(and only) Postmaster:
David H. Pierce
Post
Office Discontinued
4 Oct 1887
See Diamond Hill.
Location:
Twp 15S, Rge 3W, Sect 12 approx
Name
Origin: Possibly John Diamond, early settler of Lane County.
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
16 Sept 1858
First
Postmaster:
James H. Pierce
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Post
Office Discontinued
28 Sept 1869
Community located southwest of Harrisburg, near the border of Linn & Lane counties. See Town Histories.
Location:
Twp 15S, Rge 2E, Sect 6
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Oregon Electric Railway, the terminus of the line coming from Albany.
Location:
Twp 10S, Rge 1W, Sect
Name
Origin: Doty family, local residents
Other
Names: See Richardson's Gap.
Post
Office Established:
4 Oct 1884
First
Postmaster:
James A. Richardson More
Postmasters
Post
Office Discontinued
6 Oct 1896
A small trading center in the Forks of the Santiam, southeast of Scio and three miles northwest of Larwood. The area was later known as Richardson's Gap. In the community was a school, store, grist mill, and a sawmill operated by Jim Rucker.
Location:
Twp 11S, Rge 3W, Sect approx.
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Possibly a railway station, Southern Pacific rail line. Appears as populated place on USGS; otherwise unable to locate.
Location:
Twp 13S, Rge 1W, Sect 15 approx.
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Appears as populated place (historical) on USGS; otherwise unable to locate.
Location:
Twp 9S, Rge 2E, Sect 20
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.
Location:
Twp 13S, Rge 4W, Sect 3
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Oregon Electric Railway line.
Location:
Twp 9S, Rge 1E, Sect 17
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
A station on the Southern Pacific Company line.
Location:
Twp 12S, Rge 1E, Sect 5 approx
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Appears as populated place (historical) on USGS; otherwise unable to locate.
Location:
Twp 13S, Rge 1E, Sect 27
Name
Origin: Foster family, early residents.
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
8 Feb 1892
First
Postmaster:
Aaron H. Yost
More Postmasters
Post
Office Discontinued
East of Sweet Home on highway 20. See Town Histories.
Location:
Twp 9S, Rge 2E, Sect 27
Name
Origin: John Fox, one of the first settlers
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
21 Jul 1874
First
Postmaster:
Abner D. Gardner
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Post
Office Discontinued
16 May 1907
Small community two miles east of Lyons. See Town Histories.
Location:
Twp 11S, Rge 3W, Sect 20
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Southern Pacific Company line
Location:
Twp 11S, Rge 3W, Sect 27
Name
Origin: Olney Fry, Sr., settler in the area.
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.
Location:
Twp 13S, Rge 1W, Sect 20
Name
Origin: Local
resident Mrs. Garrison
Other
Names: Mountain
House, Upper Soda
Post
Office Established:
8 Aug 1892
First
Postmaster:
Charles H. Foster
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Post
Office Discontinued
30 Nov 1904
A stage-stop on the old Santiam
Highway, east of Cascadia.
From Oregon Geographic Names:
... [First postmaster Charles H.] Foster was the prime mover in getting
the post route established as far as his home.
He was given the privilege of naming his office, which he did with the
family name of his mother-in-law, a Mrs. Garrison."
Mullen, in Land of Linn, adds:
"...Garrison is presently known to many people as "Mountain
House," the last stopping place before "crossing the hill."
Originally Mountain House was established four miles east of Garrison at
present Sheep Creek by Andrew Wiley and owned by the Willamette Valley and
Cascade Wagon Road Company as a supply center.
In later years Mountain House was moved westward and the name of Garrison
forgotten."
Location:
Twp 9S, Rge 3E, Sect 26, 27
Name
Origin: Mrs. Mary Gates, one of the earliest settlers in the vicinity
Other
Names: Henness, Rock Creek, King's Prairie
Post
Office Established:
(Post office in Marion County)
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
On the North Santiam River,
located in both Linn and Marion counties.
From Land of Linn: "The old town of Gates was in Linn county, the new town is now in Marion County. The post office, established in 1882 and operated by Mrs. Jane Henness, was located on the south side of the river where a town was expected to grow. The name of the post office became Henness. In 1883 the name was changed to Rock Creek. By 1888 quite a settlement of the Gates family had sprung up on Marion County side of the river and in 1892 the post office again was moved, this time to become known as the Gates post office in the community of Gatesville. Actually, the railroad changed the town from Linn County when rails were laid along the north side of the river in 1891."
Location:
Twp 10S, Rge 2W, Sect 23
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
A station on the Southern Pacific Company line.
Location:
Twp 12S, Rge 3W, Sect 14
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.
Location:
Twp 11S, Rge 3W, Sect 26
Name
Origin: W. H.. Goltra, settler in the area.
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.
Location:
Twp 9S, Rge 2E, Sect 26
Name
Origin: Fred Gooch, sawmill operator in area.
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
29 Oct 1909
First
Postmaster:
Aramintha E. Phillips More
Postmasters
Post
Office Discontinued
30 Sept 1920
Station on the (?) railway.
Location:
Twp 13S, Rge 1E, Sect
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
18 Jun 1874
First
Postmaster:
J. L. Nye
Post
Office Discontinued
17 Feb 1876
Short-lived post office, in Sweet Home area. No other information available.
Location:
Twp 11S, Rge 4W, Sect
Name
Origin: Carl R. Gray, former president of the Oregon Electric Railway
company.
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Oregon Electric Railway line.
Location:
Twp 13S, Rge 1W, Sect approx.
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Possibly a railway station on Oregon Electric Railway. Appears as populated place on USGS; otherwise unable to locate.
Location:
Twp 11S, Rge 2W, Sect 13
Name
Origin:
Other
Names:
Post
Office Established:
First
Postmaster:
Post
Office Discontinued
Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.
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