Ash, Oregon
Ash is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, south of Loon Lake in the Southern Oregon Coast Range.[1] The community is also referred to as Ash Valley.[2]
Ash had a post office established in 1894, named for the Ash trees in the area.[3] The first postmaster, Charles L. Parker, suggested "Ash" when the Post Office Department requested a short name.[3] The post office was closed in 1934.[3]
Ash Valley's economy is based primarily on logging and agriculture.[2] The closest town is Scottsburg, 21 miles northeast, but Ash Valley residents rely on Reedsport, 27 miles northwest on the Oregon Coast, to obtain goods and services.[2] In 1915, Ash had a cheese factory and a sawmill.[4]
Ash Valley school was closed in 1994; students attend the public schools in Reedsport.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ "Ash". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1117060. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ a b c d "ORDER NO. 95-1324". Oregon Public Utility Commission. December 15, 1995. http://apps.puc.state.or.us/orders/1995ords/95-1324.htm. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
- ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh Edition ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 35. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caxton Press. pp. 219. http://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&pg=PA219&lpg=PA219&dq=%22Ash+Valley+School%22&source=bl&ots=EqVwRrjoIR&sig=QkBtgzdzov58U3cVI7pD6XxJeSg&hl=en&ei=CA6pSbmcFJHItQPdtsj2Dw&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA219,M1.
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Coordinates: 43°33′08″N 123°49′18″W / 43.5523387°N 123.8217660°W
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