Sams Valley, Oregon

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Sams Valley, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Sams Valley
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Sams Valley
Coordinates: 42°29′30″N122°58′27″W / 42.49167°N 122.97417°W / 42.49167; -122.97417 Coordinates: 42°29′30″N122°58′27″W / 42.49167°N 122.97417°W / 42.49167; -122.97417
Country United States
State Oregon
County Jackson
Elevation
1,273 ft (388 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97525
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1126544 [1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System [1]

Sams Valley is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. [1] It lies along Oregon Route 234 northeast of Gold Hill, in the Medford area. [2]

Originally named "Moonville", [3] the community takes its name from a valley that was named after Chief Sam of the Rogue River tribe of Native Americans. [4] [5] Sams Valley had its own post office from 1873 until 1953. [4] Today, the communities of Beagle, Antioch, and Table Rock are all considered part of Sams Valley. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sams Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 20, 1980. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 61. ISBN   978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. 1 2 Fattig, Paul (September 19, 1999). "Speaking up for Sams Valley". Mail Tribune .
  4. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 844. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
  5. ↑ "Jackson County Place Names Database". Jackson County Genealogy Library. Archived from the original on 4 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.


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