Greenleaf, Oregon

Greenleaf is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.cite web |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1143064 |title=Feature Query Results |publisher= United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey |accessdate=2008-07-29] Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office with a ZIP code of 97430. [ [http://www.zipinfo.com/cgi-local/zipsrch.exe?zip=greenleaf+oregon&Go=Go Zip Code Lookup] ] Greenleaf lies on Oregon Route 36 east of Deadwood and west of Triangle Lake.

History

The name Greenleaf was first applied to the community about 1885, and when a post office was established in the area in 1892, the same name was used.cite book |last= McArthur |first= Lewis A. |authorlink= Lewis A. McArthur |coauthors= Lewis L. McArthur |title= Oregon Geographic Names |origyear= 1928 |edition= Seventh Edition |year= 2003 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press |location= Portland, Oregon |id= ISBN 0-87595-277-1 |pages= 429] The name may refer to the abundance of bigleaf maple trees in the area. Greenleaf is also the name of a creek that flows into Lake Creek where the post office was first located. The post office was moved in 1908 about three miles down Lake Creek.

The 1928 Lake Creek Bridge near Greenleaf is a covered bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [ [http://www.traveloregon.com/Explore-Oregon/Willamette-Valley/Attractions/Covered-Bridges/Lake-Creek-Bridge.aspx Travel Oregon.com] ]

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