Dardanelles, Oregon

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Dardanelles, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Dardanelles
Coordinates: 42°25′44″N123°03′29″W / 42.42889°N 123.05806°W / 42.42889; -123.05806 Coordinates: 42°25′44″N123°03′29″W / 42.42889°N 123.05806°W / 42.42889; -123.05806
Country United States
State Oregon
County Jackson
Elevation
1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zone UTC−08:00 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC−07:00 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1159044 [1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System [1]

Dardanelles is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. [1] It lies opposite the city of Gold Hill on the south side of the Rogue River. [2] Interstate 5 and Oregon Route 99 pass by Gold Hill and Dardanelles. [3]

William G. T'Vault, who founded the community in the 1850s, chose the name apparently because the river here runs through a narrow stretch between hills and may have reminded him of the Dardanelles between Asia and Europe. [4] T'Vault was the first postmaster of a post office established here in 1852 and which operated intermittently until 1878. [4] Although a place of importance in early Oregon, little of the community remains. [4] Author Ralph Friedman says in In Search of Western Oregon, "Today most people in Gold Hill know of Dardanelles only because a [local] service station bears that name." [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dardanelles". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Dardanelles" (Map). ACME Mapper 2.1. ACME Labs. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
  3. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 60–61, 68. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  4. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names . Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 268. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
  5. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon . Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers. p.  570. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.


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