Brockway, Oregon

Brockway, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Store in Brockway
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Coordinates: 43°06′32″N123°27′19″W / 43.10889°N 123.45528°W / 43.10889; -123.45528
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Douglas
Elevation [1]	571 ft (174 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	97496
GNIS feature ID	1136094 [1]

Brockway is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, ^[1] on Oregon Route 42, approximately nine miles southwest of Roseburg.

Originally known as Civil Bend, referring to the "...boisterous activity of visitors to the horseraces," the name was changed in 1889 when postal authorities objected to a name with two words. "Brockway" was chosen in honor of local farmer and pioneer B. B. Brockway. ^[2]

Benjamin Brockway

Benjamin Benson Brockway (1829 - 1915) was an Oregon Trail pioneer of 1852 from New York. ^[3] He began farming in the Lookingglass Valley. ^[2]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brockway, Oregon
2. McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (1982) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Fifth ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 84. ISBN   0-87595-114-7.
3. Flora, Stephanie, "Emigrants to Oregon in 1852". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved February 27, 2015.