Yarnell, Oregon
Place in Oregon, United States
44°4′59″N 122°57′44″W / 44.08306°N 122.96222°W / 44.08306; -122.96222Yarnell is an unincorporated historic locale in Lane County, Oregon, United States.[1] It was located about 5 miles south of Mohawk, in the Mohawk Valley.[2]
Yarnell was a station on the now-defunct Marcola line of the Southern Pacific Railroad.[3] It was established in 1901, and was likely named for Jere Yarnell, a local resident listed as living in the area in the 1880 census.[3] There was a Yarnell covered bridge about a mile north of the station that carried Hill Road over the Mohawk River.[4][5] The bridge was built in 1916 and demolished in 1958.[4][5] In 1915 there was a Yarnell School.[6]
References
- ^ a b "Yarnell (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ^ Google (January 25, 2015). "Directions from Yarnell to Mohawk" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ a b "Yarnell". Guide to U.S. Covered Bridges. National Center for Wood Transportation Structures. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ^ a b "Yarnell, Lane County". Lostbridges.org. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
- ^ "Pupils Increase Spelling Record". The Lane County News. Springfield, Oregon. February 11, 1915. Retrieved January 25, 2015.
External links
- Historic images of The Yarnell Covered Bridge from Salem Public Library
- Images of Yarnell from Flickr
- Mohawk Valley history, including several items about Yarnell
- History of the Southern Pacific Wendling-Mohawk branch from Abandoned Railroads of the Pacific Northwest
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Municipalities and communities of Lane County, Oregon, United States
County seat: Eugene
communities
- Alma
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- Alvadore
- Belknap Springs
- Blachly
- Blue River
- Canary
- Cloverdale
- Crow
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- Deadwood
- Deerhorn
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- Finn Rock
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- Globe
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- Hadleyville
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- Lancaster
- Latham
- Leaburg
- Linslaw
- London Springs
- Lorane
- Low Pass
- Mabel
- McCredie Springs
- McKenzie Bridge
- Minerva
- Mohawk
- Nimrod
- North Beach
- Noti
- Paris
- Pawn
- Penn
- Pleasant Hill
- Rainbow
- Riverview
- Saginaw
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- Siltcoos
- Swisshome
- Tide
- Tiernan
- Triangle Lake
- Unity
- Vaughn
- Vida
- Walden
- Walker
- Walterville
- Walton
- Wendling
- Westlake
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