Macleay, Oregon

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Macleay is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Oregon, United States, about nine miles east of downtown Salem in the Waldo Hills near the Little Pudding River. [1]

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This locale was originally named "Stipp" for local settler John L. Stipp, whose land claim was just west of present-day Macleay. [2] Stipp donated the land for what is now known as the Stipp Memorial Cemetery. [2] Stipp post office was established in 1880, and the name changed to "Macleay" in 1882. [2] Donald Macleay was a prominent merchant of Portland, and along with fellow Scot William Reid, was one of the investors in the narrow-gauge Oregonian Railway Company, which was built through the area. [2] [3] Macleay gave money to build a schoolhouse in the Stipp area, near the new railroad station, so the post office was renamed in his honor. [2] Macleay was platted in 1884. [4] Macleay post office ran until 1939. [2]

Ownership of the railroad line passed on to Southern Pacific and today it is owned by Union Pacific. [5] The Macleay Country Store has been in operation since 1916. [3] The community also has an active Grange hall, a fire station, [6] and the former school currently serves as a church.[ citation needed ]

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References

  1. ↑ "Macleay". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  3. 1 2 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 382. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  4. ↑ "Rural Development". Marion County, Oregon. Archived from the original on 2010-06-25. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  5. ↑ "Macleay Community Plan" (PDF). Marion County, Oregon. May 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-23. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  6. ↑ "Station 4". Marion County Rural Fire District #1. Retrieved 2010-01-21.

Coordinates: 44°54′28″N122°53′14″W / 44.9078988°N 122.8873142°W / 44.9078988; -122.8873142



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