Brunks Corner, Oregon

Brunks Corner is an unincorporated locale in Polk County, Oregon, United States, at the junction of Oregon Route 22 and Oak Grove Road, near the terminus of Oregon Route 51.[1]

The 1861 Harrison Brunk House at Brunks Corner was built by an early Oregon pioneer and is now a historic house museum run by the Polk County Historical Society.[2][3] The site was designated a Century Farm in 1959.[3] The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Brunks Corner". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1162855. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
  2. ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 484. ISBN 0-87004-332-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&dq=In+Search+of+Western+Oregon&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=EqYsMxgjFV&sig=-LgVXTSELf6PF3blbmVNAxkDOnE&hl=en&ei=AgQvS-CDI42otgPR69C5BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Brunk&f=false. 
  3. ^ a b "About Us". Polk County Historical Society. http://www.polkcountyhistoricalsociety.com/About_Us.html. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 
  4. ^ "Oregon National Register List". Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. October 19, 2009. http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-12. 

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Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Oregon, USA
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Footnotes

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties