Gardiner, Oregon

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Gardiner Historic District
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The Gardiner Historic District in 2011.
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The Gardiner Historic District boundaries.
LocationGardiner, Oregon, roughly bounded by 3rd, Camp, 2nd, Pitt, Spring, Front and Garden Streets [1]
Nearest city Reedsport, Oregon
Coordinates 43°43′49″N124°06′36″W / 43.730278°N 124.11°W / 43.730278; -124.11
Area35 acres (14 ha) [1]
Built1870–1940 [1]
NRHP reference No. 93000003
Added to NRHPJanuary 31, 1994 [2]

Gardiner is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, across the Umpqua River from Reedsport. It is located on U.S. Route 101. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 248. [3]

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Gardiner is named for a Boston merchant whose ship, the Bostonian, shipwrecked at the mouth of the Umpqua on October 1, 1850. [4] Gardiner was seeking to trade along the river, and most of his goods were saved from the ship and moved to the location that came to be the town of Gardiner. [4] In 1851, the site became the headquarters of the Umpqua customs district, and a post office named "Gardiners City" was established the same year. [4] The name of the post office changed to "Gardiner City" and eventually to its current name.

The Gardiner Historic District, which encompasses nearly all of Gardiner, [1] has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994. [2] Several steamboats were constructed at Gardiner for trade up the Umpqua River.

Outside the remnants of the International Paper mill in Gardiner, Oregon. Remnants of the Gardiner Mill.JPG
Outside the remnants of the International Paper mill in Gardiner, Oregon.

A plywood plant opened in Gardiner in 1954, joining the lumber mill (or sawmill) that had been in the town for many years.[ citation needed ]

Gardiner was formerly the site of the first International Paper mill on the West Coast. [5] The paper mill operated from 1963 until 1999, and was one of the largest employers on the southern Oregon Coast. [6] The mill buildings were demolished in 2006. [6] [7]

A railroad, the Longview, Portland & Northern (LP&N), served the IP mill until it closed. [8] The railroad runs from East Gardiner Junction to the old plant site.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gardiner has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [9]

Climate data for Gardiner
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecYear
Record high °F (°C)67
(19)		78
(26)		76
(24)		86
(30)		94
(34)		95
(35)		93
(34)		104
(40)		95
(35)		95
(35)		70
(21)		67
(19)		104
(40)
Mean daily maximum °F (°C)52.9
(11.6)		54.5
(12.5)		56.5
(13.6)		58.5
(14.7)		62.1
(16.7)		65.1
(18.4)		68.7
(20.4)		69.3
(20.7)		69.2
(20.7)		64.4
(18.0)		56.5
(13.6)		51.3
(10.7)		60.7
(15.9)
Mean daily minimum °F (°C)39.3
(4.1)		39.9
(4.4)		40.8
(4.9)		42.7
(5.9)		46
(8)		49.6
(9.8)		51.6
(10.9)		52.1
(11.2)		49
(9)		46
(8)		42.7
(5.9)		37.8
(3.2)		44.8
(7.1)
Record low °F (°C)22
(−6)		14
(−10)		18
(−8)		27
(−3)		31
(−1)		23
(−5)		40
(4)		40
(4)		34
(1)		30
(−1)		24
(−4)		9
(−13)		9
(−13)
Average precipitation inches (mm)10.3
(260)		8.57
(218)		8.47
(215)		4.84
(123)		3.82
(97)		2.47
(63)		0.64
(16)		0.75
(19)		1.59
(40)		4.65
(118)		12.26
(311)		10.74
(273)		69.09
(1,755)
Average snowfall inches (cm)0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0
(0)		0.1
(0.25)		0.1
(0.25)
Average precipitation days211719161310556122220166
Source: [10]

Notable people

USPS Post Office - Gardiner, Oregon 97441 Gardiner Post Office.jpg
USPS Post Office - Gardiner, Oregon 97441

See also

The Gardiner cemetery. Gardiner Cemetery.jpg
The Gardiner cemetery.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Young, Ella Mae (December 10, 1993), National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Gardiner Historic District (PDF), retrieved April 1, 2013.
  2. 1 2 Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Oregon Historic Sites Database , retrieved April 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Profile of General Population and Housing Characteristics: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (DP-1): Gardiner CDP, Oregon". United States Census Bureau . Retrieved February 10, 2012.
  4. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 392. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
  5. ↑ "Paper Making Timeline". International Paper . Retrieved August 29, 2007.
  6. 1 2 Chambers, Susan (May 6, 2006). "Eight seconds and it's over". Corvallis Gazette-Times . Retrieved August 29, 2007.
  7. ↑ Ross, Winston (May 7, 2006). "Boom! Crash! A longtime mill is imploded, marking the end of an era". Sunday Register-Guard. (Eugene, Oregon). p. A1.
  8. ↑ Gardiner Division—History of the Longview, Portland & Northern spur line that served the IP plant, from Abandoned Railroads of the Pacific Northwest
  9. ↑ Climate Summary for Gardiner, Oregon
  10. ↑ "GARDINER 1 N, OR (353193)". Western Regional Climate Center. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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