Harlan, Oregon

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Harlan is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, about 30 miles west of Corvallis. [1] It is located in a valley of the Central Oregon Coast Range in the Siuslaw National Forest. [2] The community's economy was once based on logging and sawmills. [3] Cattle ranching is another mainstay of the local economy. [4] [5]

James R. Harlan helped establish a post office at this locale and the office was named for him. [6] Harlan post office ran from 1890 until 1968; Harlan was the first postmaster. [6] Harlan Cemetery was also founded in 1890. [7]

In 1915, Harlan had a public school and a population of 200. [8] A new school and a store were built in 1926. [7] Harlan School closed in 1967 and students then attended school in Eddyville. [7] The store, ran by the Ridenour family, which housed the post office and was also a gas station, closed in 1971 and is now a private residence. [3] [8] In 1993, author Ralph Friedman reported that there was "nothing much" in Harlan. [9] Chapel of the Valley church, built in 1961, still serves a congregation. [5] [7] The last commercial sawmill in Harlan shut down in the early 1980s. [7] As of 2008, a small one-man hobby sawmill still operated. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Harlan". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 32. ISBN   978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. 1 2 Odegard, Kyle (December 7, 2008). "Home Sweet Childhood Home". Corvallis Gazette-Times . Retrieved December 16, 2010.
  4. 1 2 Odegard, Kyle (December 7, 2008). "A Changing Landscape". Corvallis Gazette-Times . Retrieved December 16, 2010.
  5. 1 2 Odegard, Kyle (December 7, 2008). "Harlan Pretty But Isolated, Locals Say". Corvallis Gazette-Times . Retrieved December 16, 2010.
  6. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 446. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Harlan Timeline". Corvallis Gazette-Times . December 7, 2008. Retrieved December 16, 2010.
  8. 1 2 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  9. ↑ Friedman, Ralph (1993) [1972]. Oregon for the Curious (3rd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Pars Publishing Company. p. 42. ISBN   0-87004-222-X.

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