Sams Valley, Oregon
Sams Valley is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It lies along Oregon Route 234 northeast of Gold Hill, in the Medford area.
Originally named "Moonville", the community takes its name from a valley that was named after Chief Sam of the Rogue River tribe of Native Americans. Sams Valley had its own post office from 1873 until 1953. Today, the communities of Beagle, Antioch, and Table Rock are all considered part of Sams Valley.
References
- ^ "Sams Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 20, 1980. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
- ^ Fattig, Paul (September 19, 1999). "Speaking up for Sams Valley". Mail Tribune.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 844. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ "Jackson County Place Names Database". Jackson County Genealogy Library. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
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