- Dorena, Oregon
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Dorena — Unincorporated community — Dorena Mercantile
Location within the state of Oregon
DorenaCoordinates: 43°43′12″N 122°51′39″W / 43.72°N 122.86083°WCoordinates: 43°43′12″N 122°51′39″W / 43.72°N 122.86083°W Country United States State Oregon County Lane Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) – Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7) ZIP code 97434 Area code(s) 458 and 541 FIPS code GNIS feature ID Dorena is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located southeast of Cottage Grove on the Row River, a tributary of the Coast Fork Willamette River.
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History
The first settlers arrived in the Dorena area in the 1850s and depended on agriculture to survive, but later logging and gold mining became the mainstays of the local economy.[1] Dorena was named by combining the first names of Dora Burnette and Rena Martin.[2] Dorena school was built in 1896,[3] and Dorena post office was established in 1899.[2] In 1946, the town was abandoned when the Corps of Engineers began construction of Dorena Dam on the Row River for flood control.[2][3] The Corps relocated approximately one hundred homes from the town's former site at 43°46′32″N 122°55′38″W / 43.77556°N 122.92722°W.[4] The dam was completed in 1949 and created Dorena Reservoir, which flooded the townsite.[2] The community was moved five miles upriver.[2]
Transportation
The Row River Trail, a rails to trails conversion of a former Oregon, Pacific and Eastern Railway line, passes through Dorena.[5]
References
- ^ "The Challenges of a New Place: 'June 21. Rained hard.'". Center for Columbia River History. http://www.ccrh.org/comm/cottage/settlers2.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
- ^ a b c d e McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh Edition ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 298. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ a b "Our Schools: Dorena". South Lane School District. http://blogs.slane.k12.or.us/dorena/. Retrieved 2009-06-09.
- ^ "Dorena Dam". Center for Columbia River History. http://www.ccrh.org/comm/cottage/dorena.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
- ^ "Welcome to the Row River Trail". City of Cottage Grove. http://www.cottagegrove.org/trail/htm/dorena.htm. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
External links
- Historic images of the Dorena area from Salem Public Library
- 1911 image of students inside Dorena School from University of Oregon Library
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Ghost towns Categories:- Unincorporated communities in Lane County, Oregon
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