Peel, Oregon

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Peel is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located about six miles southeast of Glide near the Little River. [2]

Peel post office was established in 1888 and named for congressman Samuel W. Peel of Arkansas. [3] Peel is one of the few places in the American West named for a Confederate soldier. [4] In 1915 Peel had a public school and a daily stagecoach to Roseburg. [4] The post office closed in 1921. [3] [4] [5] The 1943 Cavitt Creek Bridge, a covered bridge, is about a mile south of the community. [4]

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References

  1. "Peel". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 54. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 749. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 716. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  5. "ODFW biologists available during fall hunt opening weekends". Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. September 17, 2007. Archived from the original on November 5, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2011.

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