Goshen, Oregon
| Goshen | |
|---|---|
| Unincorporated community | |
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  Goshen | |
| Coordinates: 43°59′44″N 123°0′37″W / 43.99556°N 123.01028°WCoordinates: 43°59′44″N 123°0′37″W / 43.99556°N 123.01028°W | |
| 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 |
| 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]
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, which had served grades K–8 as part of Springfield Public Schools, was closed in June 2011. It now houses Willamette Leadership Academy, a charter school serving students in grades 6–12.
References
- ↑ "Goshen". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 40. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Andrews, Jennifer (1997). 1997 "The Goshen Truckstop". Influx. University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 524–525. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 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.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 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.
- ↑ Helbock, Richard W. (1998.) United States Post Offices, Volume 1 - The West, p. 95, Lake Oswego, Oregon: La Posta Publications.
- ↑ Directory of Post Offices, (1959). Washington, D.C.: USPO Department.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Walling, Albert G. (1884). Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon. Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling Publishing Company. p. 446. OCLC 16672446.
- ↑ "Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ "Keeney, Andrew J, House". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
- ↑ "A Profile of Rural Lands and Communites in the Southern Willamette Valley". Lane Council of Governments. 2000. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
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