Cushman, Oregon

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Cushman, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°59′08″N124°02′39″W / 43.98556°N 124.04417°W / 43.98556; -124.04417
Country United States
State Oregon
County Lane
Named for local residents C. C. and I. B. Cushman
Elevation
23 ft (7 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code 541
Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey [1]

Cushman is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located on the north bank of the Siuslaw River on Oregon Route 126, between Tiernan and Florence. [2]

Cushman was a station on the Coos Bay Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad (today the Coos Bay Rail Link), named for local residents C. C. and I. B. Cushman. [3] It was a mile east of the community of Acme, but the railroad already had a station named Acme, so the name "Cushman" was chosen instead. [3] The post office was moved from Acme in 1916 and renamed to match the station; it closed in 1961. [3]

Cushman has a historic store that was built in 1889 and expanded in 1925, and there is a swing span railroad bridge across the river there. [4] [5] The bridge opened to allow ocean-going barges to reach a now-closed sawmill in Mapleton. [6] [7] In 1940, Cushman had a population of 145 and a full-service port. [8] At that time the hills above the community produced Port Orford-cedar, a large evergreen coniferous tree native to the region, but by 1990, this resource was depleted and the port no longer served ocean-going vessels. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Cushman". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved October 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 38. ISBN   978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  4. 1 2 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p.  213. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  5. ↑ "Unincorporated Rural Community of Cushman: Developed and Committed Exception Area No. 039-3" (PDF). Lane County, Oregon. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 13, 2011. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  6. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1993) [1972]. Oregon for the Curious (3rd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Pars Publishing Company. p. 46. ISBN   0-87004-222-X.
  7. ↑ "Davidson to close Oregon sawmill". Portland Business Journal . February 4, 2004. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
  8. ↑ Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p. 351. OCLC   4874569.
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