Linslaw, Oregon

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Linslaw, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Linslaw
Coordinates: 44°00′01″N123°41′02″W / 44.00028°N 123.68389°W / 44.00028; -123.68389
Country United States
State Oregon
County Lane
Elevation
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295 ft (90 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97490
Area codes 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1145054 [1]

Linslaw is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. [2] It is located about eight miles west of Walton on Oregon Route 126 next to the Siuslaw River. [3]

In 1917, when a petition was sent to the United States Post Office Department for a post office at this locale, it was approved with the name "Linslaw". [4] [5] Locals could not explain the source of the name, but the author of Oregon Geographic Names has a theory that the name was supposed to be "Siuslaw", and the handwriting on the petition was unclear and misread as "Linslaw". [4] Linslaw post office was closed in 1957. [4] [6] The Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad had a station here. [4] Today this line is owned by the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad.

References

  1. 1 2 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Linslaw, Oregon
  2. ↑ "Linslaw". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
  3. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 38. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  4. 1 2 3 4 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 581. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  5. ↑ "Names of Lane County Communities Reveal Interesting Histories, Anecdotes". Eugene Register-Guard . January 4, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Lane County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
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