Linn County Towns and Geographical Places

Dever Griggs

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Dever

Location:  Twp 10S, Rge 3W, Sect 8

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Station on the Oregon Electric Railway.

Diamond

Location:  Twp 15S, Rge 3W, Sect 12 approx

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Post Office Established:  23 Apr 1887

First (and only) Postmaster:  David H. Pierce

Post Office Discontinued  4 Oct 1887

See Diamond Hill.

Diamond Hill

Location:  Twp 15S, Rge 3W, Sect 12 approx

Name Origin:  Possibly John Diamond, early settler of Lane County.

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Post Office Established:  16 Sept 1858

First Postmaster:  James H. Pierce                    More Postmasters

Post Office Discontinued  28 Sept 1869

Community located southwest of Harrisburg, near the border of Linn & Lane counties.  See Town Histories.

Dollar

Location:  Twp 15S, Rge 2E, Sect 6

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Station on the Oregon Electric Railway, the terminus of the line coming from Albany.

Dotyville

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.

Draperville

Location:  Twp 11S, Rge 3W, Sect approx.

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Possibly a railway station, Southern Pacific rail line.  Appears as populated place on USGS; otherwise unable to locate.

Evansville

Location:  Twp 13S, Rge 1W, Sect 15 approx.

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Appears as populated place (historical) on USGS; otherwise unable to locate.

Fawn

Location:  Twp 9S, Rge 2E, Sect 20

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Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.

Fayetteville

Location:  Twp 13S, Rge 4W, Sect 3

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Station on the Oregon Electric Railway line.

Forbes

Location:  Twp 9S, Rge 1E, Sect 17

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A station on the Southern Pacific Company line.

Fords Mill

Location:  Twp 12S, Rge 1E, Sect 5 approx

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Appears as populated place (historical) on USGS; otherwise unable to locate.

Foster

Location:  Twp 13S, Rge 1E, Sect 27

Name Origin:  Foster family, early residents.

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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.

Fox Valley

Location:  Twp 9S, Rge 2E, Sect 27

Name Origin:  John Fox, one of the first settlers

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Post Office Established:  21 Jul 1874

First Postmaster:  Abner D. Gardner                   More Postmasters

Post Office Discontinued  16 May 1907

Small community two miles east of Lyons.  See Town Histories.

Froman

Location:  Twp 11S, Rge 3W, Sect 20

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Station on the Southern Pacific Company line

Fry

Location:  Twp 11S, Rge 3W, Sect 27

Name Origin:  Olney Fry, Sr., settler in the area.

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Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.

Garrison

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                  More Postmasters

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."

 

Gates

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)

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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."

Gilkey

Location:  Twp 10S, Rge 2W, Sect 23

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A station on the Southern Pacific Company line.

Glasser

Location:  Twp 12S, Rge 3W, Sect 14

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Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.

Goltra

Location:  Twp 11S, Rge 3W, Sect 26

Name Origin:  W. H.. Goltra, settler in the area.

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Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.

Gooch

Location:  Twp 9S, Rge 2E, Sect 26

Name Origin:  Fred Gooch, sawmill operator in area.

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Post Office Established:  29 Oct 1909

First Postmaster:  Aramintha E. Phillips             More Postmasters

Post Office Discontinued  30 Sept 1920

Station on the (?) railway.

Grass Ridge

Location:  Twp 13S, Rge 1E, Sect

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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.

Gray

Location:  Twp 11S, Rge 4W, Sect

Name Origin:  Carl R. Gray, former president of the Oregon Electric Railway company.

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Station on the Oregon Electric Railway line.

Greenville

Location:  Twp 13S, Rge 1W, Sect approx.

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Possibly a railway station on Oregon Electric Railway.  Appears as populated place on USGS; otherwise unable to locate.

Griggs

Location:  Twp 11S, Rge 2W, Sect 13

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Station on the Southern Pacific Company line.

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