McLeod, Oregon

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McLeod, Oregon
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McLeod
Coordinates: 42°39′43″N122°41′17″W / 42.662°N 122.688°W / 42.662; -122.688 Coordinates: 42°39′43″N122°41′17″W / 42.662°N 122.688°W / 42.662; -122.688
Country United States
State Oregon
County Jackson
Elevation
1,552 ft (473 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97541
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1146017 [1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System [1]

McLeod is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. [1] It lies at the confluence of Big Butte Creek with the Rogue River just downstream of Lost Creek Lake. [2] It is along Oregon Route 62 between Shady Cove and Prospect. [2] The community was named after its 1910 settler William R. McLeod. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "McLeod". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 8, 2017.
  2. 1 2 Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 61. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names . Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 629. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.