Eddyville, Oregon
Eddyville, Oregon | |
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 Eddyville Post Office | |
  Eddyville  Eddyville | |
| Coordinates:44°38′04″N123°46′35″W/ 44.63444°N 123.77639°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Lincoln |
| Named for | Israel P. Eddy |
| Elevation | 85 ft (26 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8(PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7(PDT) |
| ZIP codes | 97343[1] |
| Area code | 541 |
| Coordinates and elevation fromUnited States Geological Survey[2] | |
Eddyvilleis anunincorporated communityinLincoln County,in theU.S. stateofOregon.Eddyville's unofficial estimated population as of 2014 was about 400 to 500.[3][4]
Eddyville lies at the intersection ofU.S. Route 20andOregon Route 180east ofChitwoodand at the confluence of Little Elk Creek and theYaquina River.[5]
The community was named by and for Israel F. Eddy, who was postmaster here in 1888. The post office, originally established in 1868, had been called "Little Elk", for the nearby creek, until Eddy moved it further from the creek and renamed it. Subsequent back-and-forth moves and name changes through 1900 resulted in a post office near the mouth of the creek but with the name "Eddyville".[6]
In the late 19th century, Eddyville was one of the stops on theOregon Pacific Railroad,linking the former port city ofYaquinatoCorvallisandAlbany.[7]After the Oregon Pacific failed financially, fell intoreceivership,and went through 17 years of financial and legal complications, it became a branch line of theSouthern Pacificin 1907.[8]
References
[edit]- ^"Search Results for Eddyville, Oregon".CD Light. 2014. Archived fromthe originalon December 18, 2014.RetrievedNovember 20,2014.
- ^"Eddyville".Geographic Names Information System.United States Geological Survey,United States Department of the Interior.November 28, 1980.RetrievedNovember 20,2014.
- ^"Best Place to Live in Eddyville (zip 97343), Oregon".Best Places to Live and Retire. 2014.RetrievedNovember 20,2014.
- ^"Eddyville, Oregon".ZIPCode.org.RetrievedNovember 20,2014.
- ^Oregon Road and Recreation Atlas(5th ed.). Santa Barbara, California: Benchmark Maps. 2012. p. 58.ISBN978-0-929591-62-9.
- ^McArthur, Lewis A.;Lewis L. McArthur(2003) [1928].Oregon Geographic Names(7th ed.). Portland, Oregon:Oregon Historical SocietyPress. p. 317.ISBN0-87595-277-1.
- ^Culp, Edwin D. (1978).Stations West: The Story of the Oregon Railways.New York City: Bonanza Books. pp. 82–90.OCLC4751643.
- ^Corning, Howard McKinley (1989) [1956].Dictionary of Oregon History(2nd ed.). Portland: Binford & Mort. p. 277.ISBN0-8323-0449-2.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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