Thatcher, Oregon
Thatcheris anunincorporatedhistoric community inWashington County,Oregon,United States.[1]It was located approximately three miles north ofForest Groveat the intersection of Hillside and Thatcher roads.[2]The area is part of theForest Grove Rural Fire Protection District.[3]
The community was named afterpioneersHarmon and Jemima Thatcher, who came fromIndianasoon after their marriage in 1847, first settling inYamhill County,and later taking up aDonation Land Claimin the area that now bears their name.[4][5]
A Thatcher post office was established in 1895 and closed in 1902, with the introduction ofrural free delivery.[4][5]According to authorRalph Friedman,as of 1990, nothing remained at the site to indicate a settlement was there[6]
The Thatcher post office was located at 5901 Thatcher Road. The building that formerly housed the post office and the surrounding land was purchased by Carl and Wilma Mayer in 1941. It became their personal family residence until their deaths in 1996. The main post office building is set to be demolished in May 2014. Directly across the road from the old post office building is the Thatcher Grange Hall. The post office land is still owned by descendants of Carl and Wilma Mayer.[7]
References[edit]
- ^"Thatcher (historical)".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.November 28, 1980.RetrievedAugust 12,2011.
- ^Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer(7th ed.).Yarmouth, Maine:DeLorme.2008. p. 21.ISBN0-89933-347-8.
- ^"County Bridges & Fire District Boundaries"(PDF).Washington County.RetrievedJune 23,2014.
- ^abMcArthur, Lewis A.;McArthur, Lewis L.(2003) [1928].Oregon Geographic Names(7th ed.). Portland, Oregon:Oregon Historical SocietyPress. p. 945.ISBN978-0875952772.
- ^abGaston, Joseph; George H. Himes (1912).The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912.Vol. 3. S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. pp. 504–509.
- ^Friedman, Ralph(1990).In Search of Western Oregon.Caldwell, Idaho:The Caxton Printers, Ltd.p.291.ISBN0-87004-332-3.
- ^Carl & Wilma Mayer Family History & Photographs
External links[edit]
- Images of Thatcherfrom Flickr
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