Coordinates: 44°05′44″N 123°45′48″W / 44.09556°N 123.76333°W / 44.09556; -123.76333

Deadwood, Oregon

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Deadwood, Oregon
Store and gas station in Deadwood
Store and gas station in Deadwood
Coordinates: 44°05′44″N 123°45′48″W / 44.09556°N 123.76333°W / 44.09556; -123.76333
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Elevation259 ft (79 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97430[2]
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1140749[1]

Deadwood is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 36, in the Oregon Coast Range. Deadwood was named after Deadwood Creek, a tributary of Lake Creek in the Siuslaw River basin. Deadwood Creek was so-named because of the dead timber snags next to its banks, which had resulted from a series of wildfires in the area.[3] Deadwood post office was established in 1884.[3] The post office was discontinued to the community of Greenleaf in 1914, but was reestablished in 1950.[3] Deadwood is the home of Alpha Farm, an intentional community established in 1971.[4][5] The farm owned the Alpha Bit, a café and book/gift store in Mapleton but was sold in 2018.[4] Other residents include the artists Ernie and Mary Lou Goertzen who lived in the old Deadwood schoolhouse from 1975.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deadwood, Oregon
  2. "Deadwood ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Alpha Farm (official website)
  5. Gatton, Dee Dee (May 1, 2014). "Alpha Farm: 'There are only two rules: no guns, no hard drugs'". KVAL-TV. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  6. "Ernest "Ernie" Goertzen". Mennonite Weekly Review. September 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2014.