Deadwood, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

44°05′44″N 123°45′48″W / 44.09556°N 123.76333°W / 44.09556; -123.76333CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyLaneElevation

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259 ft (79 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)ZIP code

97430^[2]

Area code(s)458 and 541GNIS feature ID1140749^[1]

Deadwood is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 36, in the Oregon Coast Range.

Deadwood was named after Deadwood Creek, a tributary of Lake Creek in the Siuslaw River basin. Deadwood Creek was so-named because of the dead timber snags next to its banks, which had resulted from a series of wildfires in the area.^[3] Deadwood post office was established in 1884.^[3] The post office was discontinued to the community of Greenleaf in 1914, but was reestablished in 1950.^[3]

Deadwood is the home of Alpha Farm, an intentional community established in 1971.^[4]^[5] The farm owned the Alpha Bit, a café and book/gift store in Mapleton but was sold in 2018.^[4] Other residents include the artists Ernie and Mary Lou Goertzen who lived in the old Deadwood schoolhouse from 1975.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deadwood, Oregon
^ "Deadwood ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
^ ^a ^b Alpha Farm (official website)
^ Gatton, Dee Dee (May 1, 2014). "Alpha Farm: 'There are only two rules: no guns, no hard drugs'". KVAL-TV. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
^ "Ernest "Ernie" Goertzen". Mennonite Weekly Review. September 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2014.