Linslaw, Oregon

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Linslaw, Oregon
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Coordinates: 44°00′17″N123°41′26″W / 44.0048334°N 123.6905594°W / 44.0048334; -123.6905594 Coordinates: 44°00′17″N123°41′26″W / 44.0048334°N 123.6905594°W / 44.0048334; -123.6905594
Country United States
State Oregon
County Lane
Elevation
305 ft (93 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97490
Area code(s) 458 and 541

Linslaw is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about eight miles west of Walton on Oregon Route 126 next to the Siuslaw River. [2]

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". [3] [4] 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". [3] Linslaw post office was closed in 1957. [3] [5] The Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad had a station here. [3] Today this line is owned by the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad.

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References

  1. "Linslaw". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 38. 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. 581. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  4. "Names of Lane County Communities Reveal Interesting Histories, Anecdotes". Eugene Register-Guard . 4 January 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  5. "Lane County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 April 2015.