Oretown, Oregon
In 1877, settlers James B. Upton and S. H. Rock petitioned Senator John H. Mitchell asking for a mail route to Grand Ronde and a post office. Upton owned a seal marked "Oregon City", so he suggested the new post office be named "Ore City" and he would alter the seal so it could be used for the new community. Mitchell knew confusion with Oregon City would occur, and suggested the name "Oretown" to the postal authorities instead. The name was accepted and Oretown post office ran from 1877 to 1954. Today Oretown has a Cloverdale mailing address.
At one time Oretown had a cheese factory and a salmon cannery. Today the community has a historic church, the 1913 Oretown Bible Church, a Grange hall built in 1907, and a few houses.
References
- ^ "Oretown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 26. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 730. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ "Oretown Bible Church". Pacific City - Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce: Member Directory. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 40. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
- ^ "Oretown Bible Church". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
- ^ "Oretown Grange Hall". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
External links
- Images of Oretown from Flickr
- Biography of James Boughton Upton
- "Oregon Embezzler Swam Torrents to Surrender". Mansfield Daily Shield. Mansfield, Ohio. March 26, 1897. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
- History of Oretown Grange
- History of churches in Oretown
- History and images of Oretown School
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