Rickreall Creek

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Rickreall Creek in Rickreall, Oregon at Oregon Route 99W

Rickreall Creek is a stream in Polk County, Oregon, United States rising on Laurel Mountain in the Central Oregon Coast Range and draining into the Willamette River west of Salem at Eola. [1] The creek passes through the city of Dallas and the unincorporated community of Rickreall. The origin of the name is under some dispute, but one theory says that "Rickreall" is a corruption of "La Creole", La Creole River being another name for the stream. [2]

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References

  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rickreall Creek
  2. McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 809–810. ISBN   0-87595-277-1.
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