Ash, Oregon

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Ash is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, south of Loon Lake in the Southern Oregon Coast Range. [1] The community is also referred to as Ash Valley. [2]

Ash had a post office established in 1894, named for the Ash trees in the area. [3] The first postmaster, Charles L. Parker, suggested "Ash" when the Post Office Department requested a short name. [3] The post office was closed in 1934. [3]

Ash Valley's economy is based primarily on logging and agriculture. [2] The closest town is Scottsburg, 21 miles northeast, but Ash Valley residents rely on Reedsport, 27 miles northwest on the Oregon Coast, to obtain goods and services. [2] In 1915, Ash had a cheese factory and a sawmill. [4]

Ash Valley school was closed in 1994; students attend the public schools in Reedsport. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Ash". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1981. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "ORDER NO. 95-1324". Oregon Public Utility Commission. December 15, 1995. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  3. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 35. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
  4. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caxton Press. p. 219. ISBN   9780870043321.

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