Goshen, Oregon

Goshen
—  Unincorporated community  —
Goshen
Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates:
Country United States
State Oregon
County Lane
Elevation 499 ft (152 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 97405
Area code(s) 458 and 541
FIPS code
GNIS feature ID 1136329

Goshen is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located at the junction of Oregon Route 58, Oregon Route 99, and Interstate 5.[2]

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History

In 1853, there was stagecoach stop at what is now Goshen, on the stage line that led from Oregon City to the gold country in Jacksonville.[3] The Goshen area was settled in the 1870s.[4] Goshen post office was established in September 1874, with John Handsaker as first postmaster.[5] In the Bible, Goshen was the pastoral land in lower Egypt occupied by the Israelites before the Exodus.[5] An author for the Lane County Historian wrote that Goshen was named by John Jacob Hampton, although Oregon: End of the Trail says that it was named by Elijah Bristow. Bristow saw the area as a "land of promise."[6] The post office was discontinued in 1957, when it became an Independent Rural Station of Eugene.[7][8]

In 1884, Goshen was a station on the Oregon and California Railroad (Later the Siskiyou Line of the Southern Pacific, and today the Central Oregon and Pacific), and the town had a store, blacksmith shop, and a school.[9][10]

In 1940 Goshen had a population of 93.[6]

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen was built in 1910; as of 1990 is was a private residence.[4][11] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Andrew J. Keeney House, built circa 1870, is also in the Goshen area.[12]

Economy

Goshen is the site of a Cone Lumber Company sawmill.[13] The community also has a tavern, a truckstop, and a café.[3]

Education

Goshen School is part of the Springfield School District.[14] It serves grades K-8 as a rural alternative school.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Goshen". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1136329. Retrieved January 17, 2011. 
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 40. ISBN 0-89933-347-8. 
  3. ^ a b Andrews, Jennifer (1997). 1997 "The Goshen Truckstop". Influx. University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications. http://influx.uoregon.edu/1997/truckstop/ 1997. Retrieved January 17, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 524–525. ISBN 0-87004-332-3. 
  5. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 415. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
  6. ^ a b Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p. 316. OCLC 4874569. http://www.archive.org/details/oregonendoftrail00writrich. 
  7. ^ Helbock, Richard W. (1998.) United States Post Offices, Volume 1 - The West, p. 95, Lake Oswego, Oregon: La Posta Publications.
  8. ^ Directory of Post Offices, (1959). Washington, D.C.: USPO Department.
  9. ^ McArthur, Lewis L.; Cynthia B. Gardiner (1996). The Railroad Stations of Oregon. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-295-98332-9. 
  10. ^ Walling, Albert G. (1884). Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon. Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling Publishing Company. p. 446. OCLC 16672446. http://books.google.com/?id=iXEUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA446&lpg=PA446&dq=%22Goshen%22+%22Lane+County%22#v=onepage&q=%22Goshen%22%20%22Lane%20County%22&f=false. 
  11. ^ "Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=63121. Retrieved January 17, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Keeney, Andrew J, House". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=63122. Retrieved January 17, 2011. 
  13. ^ "A Profile of Rural Lands and Communites in the Southern Willamette Valley". Lane Council of Governments. 2000. http://www.region2050.org/pdf/LaneCo.pdf. Retrieved January 17, 2011. 
  14. ^ a b "Goshen Elementary School". Springfield School District. http://blog.sps.lane.edu/goshen/. Retrieved January 17, 2011. 

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