Derry, Oregon

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Derry is an unincorporated locale in Polk County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about 10 miles west of Salem and one mile east of Rickreall. [2]

Derry was originally a station on the Southern Pacific line (now the Portland and Western). [3] Local resident James Nesmith named it for Derry, New Hampshire, where his family once lived. [3] In 1912, The Oregonian reported on an unsuccessful effort to change the name of the station to Loganberry. [3] Just southeast of Derry there was a station on the Salem, Falls City and Western Railway named Derry Orchard. [3]

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References

  1. "Derry". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 33. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. 1 2 3 4 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 281. ISBN   978-0875952772.

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