Crowley, Polk County, Oregon

Last updated

Crowley is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located east of Oregon Route 99W, about four miles north of Rickreall. [2]

Contents

Crowley was a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Derry and McCoy, established in 1892 as "Crowleys" and named for Solomon Kimsey Crowley. [2] [3] Crowley, who was born in Missouri in 1833, came west in 1852 and settled in the Oak Grove area of Polk County in 1855. [3] [4] [5] The "s" was dropped from the name of the station in 1898. [3] The rail line is now owned by the Portland and Western Railroad, but Crowley is no longer a station. [6] The Crowley post office operated intermittently from 1881 to 1904. [3] There was later a Crowley post office established in Malheur County. [3]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dallas, Oregon</span> City in Oregon, United States

Dallas is a city and the county seat of Polk County, Oregon, United States. The population was 16,854 at the 2020 census.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Salmon River (Lincoln County, Oregon)</span> River in Oregon, United States

The Salmon River flows from the Central Oregon Coast Range to the Pacific Ocean coast of northwest Oregon in the United States. About 24 miles (39 km) long, it begins and ends in Lincoln County but also flows briefly through western Polk and southern Tillamook counties. Much of its course lies within the Siuslaw National Forest.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Goshen, Oregon</span> Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Goshen is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the junction of Oregon Route 58, Oregon Route 99, and Interstate 5.

Alicel is an unincorporated community in the Sand Ridge area of the Grande Ronde Valley in Union County, Oregon, United States. It is northeast of La Grande on Oregon Route 82. It was a station on Union Pacific Railroad's Joseph branch, and in 1890 was named for Alice Ladd, wife of local resident Charles Ladd. Alicel was platted in 1890, and had a post office from 1890 until 1972.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rice Hill, Oregon</span> Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Rice Hill is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 10 miles (16 km) north of Oakland on Interstate 5. Rice Hill has complete tourist facilities, including a truck stop, motels, and restaurants. It has long been a popular spot to stop for ice cream.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballston, Oregon</span> Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Ballston is an unincorporated community, in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is southeast of Sheridan and southwest of Amity. It is considered a ghost town.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Dolph, Oregon</span> Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Dolph is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States, near the Yamhill County line. It lies at the junction of Oregon Route 22 and Oregon Route 130 between Grande Ronde and Hebo, on the Little Nestucca River. It is within the Siuslaw National Forest in the Northern Oregon Coast Range.

Worden is an unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. It is about 14 miles (23 km) south of Klamath Falls and 3 miles (5 km) north of the Oregon–California border on U.S. Route 97.

Pleasant Valley is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It is about 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Baker City on U.S. Route 30, slightly bypassed by Interstate 84.

Airlie is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States.

Jonesboro is an unincorporated historic community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It is located on U.S Route 20, between Juntura and Harper, near the Malheur River.

Brownlee is an unincorporated community in Baker County, Oregon, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Crowley, Malheur County, Oregon</span> Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Crowley is an unincorporated community in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It lies along Crowley Road, north of Oregon Route 78, about 50 miles (80 km) east of Crane. Crowley Ranch and Crowley Ranch Airstrip are nearby.

Rieth is an unincorporated community in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. It is south of Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30/U.S. Route 395 about 5 miles (8 km) west of Pendleton near the Umatilla River.

Hampton is an unincorporated locale in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Lowell. Hampton was established in 1952 as a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad Cascade Line on the shore of Lookout Point Lake, when the railroad was relocated because of the creation of the lake. It was named for Harry A. Hampton, the railroad division engineer from 1922 to 1943.

Yarnell is an unincorporated historic locale in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It was located about 5 miles south of Mohawk, in the Mohawk Valley.

Fort Hill is an unincorporated community in Polk and Yamhill counties in Oregon, United States. It is located about a mile east of Spirit Mountain Casino on Oregon Route 22 near the South Yamhill River. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Fort Hill as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The hill of the same name, located just east of Valley Junction, was the site of a blockhouse built by settlers in 1855–1856. The blockhouse became part of Fort Yamhill, and was later moved to Grand Ronde Agency and is now located in Dayton.

Suver is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 10 miles north of Corvallis and about 8 miles south of Monmouth, 1 mile east of Oregon Route 99W.

Blalock was an unincorporated community located in the Columbia River Gorge in Gilliam County, Oregon, United States. The town displaced a Native American settlement originally named Táwash. Blalock was located about 7 miles (11 km) west of Arlington on Interstate 84/U.S. Route 30 at the mouth of Blalock Canyon. Blalock is still the name of a station on the Union Pacific Railroad.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ritner Creek</span> River in Oregon, United States

Ritner Creek is a tributary of the Luckiamute River in Polk County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The creek begins near Bald Mountain in the Central Oregon Coast Range and flows generally southeast to meet the Luckiamute southwest of Pedee and north of Kings Valley. The confluence is 31 miles (50 km) upstream of the Luckiamute's mouth on the Willamette River. Named tributaries of Ritner Creek from source to mouth are Sheythe, Love, Clayton, and Kinsey creeks.

References

  1. ↑ "Crowley". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  2. 1 2 Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 256. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  4. ↑ "Solomon K. Crowley". The History of the Willamette Valley, Being a Description of the Valley and its Resources, with an Account of its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers. Portland, Oregon: Geo. H. Himes, Book and Job Printer. 1885. p. 758. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  5. ↑ Flora, Stephenie. "Emigrants of 1855" . Retrieved March 4, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Freight Tariff PNWR 9500" (PDF). Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. Retrieved March 4, 2012.

Further reading

43°17′30″N117°53′40″W / 43.29167°N 117.89444°W / 43.29167; -117.89444


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.