Burnt Woods, Oregon
Burnt Woods is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 16 miles west of Philomath on U.S. Route 20 in the Central Oregon Coast Range near the Tumtum River.[2]
Burnt Woods post office was established in 1919, after the name was chosen from a list of proposed names sent to the Post Office Department.[3] The signs of past forest fires are still evident in the area.[3] Burnt Woods post office closed in 1978.[3]
The community has a store and a café.[4][5][6] The store has been operating since the early 1920s.[5] The café was opened in 1925 and has seen several ownership changes since then.[7]
References
- ^ "Burnt Woods". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1139014. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 32. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 197. 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=snippet&q=%22Burnt%20Woods%22&f=false.
- ^ a b Downing, Kathi (July 14, 2005). "Burnt Woods Store: Peel Back the Layers of History". Corvallis Gazette-Times. http://gazettetimes.com/news/local/article_5bbf3170-456f-5015-b681-5acc008f5003.html. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ Odegard, Kyle (April 7, 2008). "Coast On In". Corvallis Gazette-Times. http://gazettetimes.com/news/local/focus/article_ce8921ac-f0ca-5569-8f19-fc5e5bf69a71.html. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
- ^ Idzerda, Evelyn (April 18, 2002). "Burnt Woods Cafe to Reopen". Corvallis Gazette-Times. http://www.gazettetimes.com/article_c46d8a3a-0b3c-5a61-b1c3-ddb3224d3913.html. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
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