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Vida is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.It is located on Oregon Route 126 and the McKenzie River. [2]Vida was originally named "Gate Creek", but this caused confusion with a community of "Gates Creek" in Washington County, so the name of the postmaster's daughter was selected instead. [2]
Portion of Umpqua County which lay east of the Coast Range summit: Named for senator Stephen A. Douglas, a supporter of Oregon's admission to the union. 112,435: 5,037 sq mi (13,046 km 2) Gilliam County: 021: Condon: 1885: Eastern third of Wasco County: Named for Oregon pioneer Cornelius Gilliam (1798–1848). 2,026: 1,204 sq mi (3,118 km 2 ...
The Knowles Creek tunnel was opened to traffic on June 4, 1957, and was later renamed for Ralph A. Petersen, a Lane County commissioner who had lobbied for the highway's construction. [4] The state of Oregon formally named the new route the Eugene-Mapleton Highway, but did not assign it a route number until 1964, when it became OR 126. [15]
Nimrod is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, on the McKenzie River. It is located along Oregon Route 126, between Vida and Blue River, 35 miles (56 km) east of Eugene, in the Willamette National Forest. As of 2003, its population was roughly 190. [2] Nimrod is the site of a former ferry that crossed the McKenzie.
Leaburg Power Plant was designed in 1929 by noted Oregon architect Ellis F. Lawrence in the Art Deco style and includes motifs from Greek mythology sculpted by Harry Poole Camden. [5] EWEB's Lloyd Knox Water Board Park is on the south shore of the reservoir, while the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) runs the Leaburg Hatchery, a ...
Divide is a ghost town in Lane County, Oregon, United States, located southwest of Cottage Grove, near Interstate 5. [1] [2] A post office in Douglas County near a train station on the Southern Pacific Railroad was established on May 31, 1900, and it was closed on January 15, 1921. In 1909, the post office was relisted as a Lane County post office.
Blachly is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, [1] on Oregon Route 36 in the Coast Range. Blachly lies along Lake Creek, about 3 miles (5 km) from Triangle Lake. [2] Before the Blachly post office was established in 1892, area residents received their mail at the now-closed Franklin post office. [3]
The community is not only one of Oregon's rare place names attributed to a first name, but is also an even rarer Oregon palindromic place name. Also noteworthy is the fact that when founded in 1892, Ada was located in Douglas County and later entered Lane County only after a 1903 boundary change. [ 2 ]