Peel, Oregon

Peel is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about six miles southeast of Glide near the Little River.[2]

Peel post office was established in 1888 and named for congressman Samuel W. Peel of Arkansas.[3] Peel is one of the few places in the American West named for a Confederate soldier.[4] In 1915 Peel had a public school and a daily stagecoach to Roseburg.[4] The post office closed in 1921.[3] Today Peel has a store.[4][5] The 1943 Cavitt Creek covered bridge is about a mile south of the community.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Peel". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1136618. Retrieved September 11, 2011. 
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 54. ISBN 0-89933-347-8. 
  3. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 749. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
  4. ^ a b c d Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 716. ISBN 0-87004-332-3. http://books.google.com/books. 
  5. ^ "ODFW biologists available during fall hunt opening weekends". Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. September 17, 2007. http://www.dfw.state.or.us/news/2007/September/091707c.asp. Retrieved September 11, 2011. 

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