- Cloverdale, Deschutes County, Oregon
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For other places with the same name, see Cloverdale, Oregon (disambiguation).
Cloverdale is an unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about five miles east of Sisters, on Oregon Route 126.[2]
In the late 19th century, Cloverdale became important stop on the A. J. Warrin Road, an alternative route to the Santiam Wagon Road on the way to Prineville.[3][4] The community provided services for travelers and local homesteaders, with a store, blacksmith shop, and facilities for camping and boarding horses.[3] By the 1920s or '30s, the route fell into disuse and the buildings either fell down, were torn down, or moved.[3]
Cloverdale was named by R. A. Ford, a local farmer who was also a teacher and a county school superintendent.[5] He surveyed the nearby Cloverdale Ditch, which is parallel to Whychus Creek.[5] The ditch is used for irrigation. Crops grown in the area include clover, alfalfa, potatoes, grasses and vegetables.[3]
The one-room Old Cloverdale School was built on George Cyrus' land circa 1900 on what today is known as George Cyrus Road (aka Cloverdale Market Road).[6] Also known as the Cyrus School, it is listed as a historic resource by Deschutes County.[7][8] A new school was built in 1919.[3] The 1919 school shares a site with the Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District station and as of 2011 was in use as a preschool.[3][9][10]
References
- ^ "Cloverdale". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1139855. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 43. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ a b c d e f "Cloverdale: Overview". Sisters Country Historical Society. http://www.sisterscountryhistoricalsociety.org/OV-Cloverdale.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ "The A J Warrin Road: Overview". Sisters Country Historical Society. http://www.sisterscountryhistoricalsociety.org/OV-AJWarrinRd.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 211. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ "Sisters Country Timeline". Sisters Country Historical Society. http://www.sisterscountryhistoricalsociety.org/Timeline.htm. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ "Inventory Cultural and Historic Resources". Deschutes County Community Development Department. http://apps.deschutes.org/cdd/CompPlan/assets/files/dlcddraftplan/Chapter5/5-9.pdf. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ "Cyrus School". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=35872. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ "CRFPD History". Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District. http://www.cloverdalefire.com/id12.html. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
- ^ Spry, Jeff (December 14, 2010). "Santa helps raise funds for school". The Nugget Newspaper. http://www.nuggetnews.com/main.asp?SectionID=8&SubSectionID=8&ArticleID=17995. Retrieved 2011-01-22.
Municipalities and communities of Deschutes County, Oregon Cities 
CDPs Unincorporated
communitiesCoordinates: 44°17′28″N 121°27′10″W / 44.2912274°N 121.4528203°W
Categories:- Unincorporated communities in Deschutes County, Oregon
- Oregon geography stubs
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