Cushman, Oregon

Cushman, Oregon
—  Unincorporated community  —
Cushman Store
Cushman, Oregon Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates: 43°59′08″N 124°02′39″W / 43.98556°N 124.04417°W / 43.98556; -124.04417Coordinates: 43°59′08″N 124°02′39″W / 43.98556°N 124.04417°W / 43.98556; -124.04417
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Named for	local residents C. C. and I. B. Cushman
Elevation	23 ft (7 m)
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
– Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP codes
Area code(s)	541
Coordinates and elevation from United States Geological Survey[1]

Cushman is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.^[1] It is located on the north bank of the Siuslaw River on Oregon Route 126, between Tiernan and Florence.^[2]

Cushman was a station Coos Bay Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad (today the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad), named for local residents C. C. and I. B. Cushman.^[3] It was a mile east of the community of Acme, but the railroad already had a station named Acme, so the name "Cushman" was chosen instead.^[3] The post office was moved from Acme in 1916 and renamed to match the station; it closed in 1961.^[3]

Cushman has a historic store that was built in 1889 and expanded in 1925, and there is a swing span railroad bridge across the river there.^[4][5] The bridge opened to allow ocean-going barges to reach a now-closed sawmill in Mapleton.^[6][7] In 1940, Cushman had a population of 145 and a full-service port.^[8] At that time the hills above the community produced Port Orford-cedar, a large evergreen coniferous tree native to the region, but by 1990, this resource was depleted and the port no longer served ocean-going vessels.^[4]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Cushman". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. 1980-11-28. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1140573. Retrieved 2011-10-19. 
2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 38. ISBN 0-89933-347-8. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 262–263. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 213. ISBN 0-87004-332-3. 
5. ^ "Unincorporated Rural Community of Cushman: Developed and Committed Exception Area No. 039-3". Lane County, Oregon. http://www.lanegov.com/BCC_Info/Meeting_Info/2004/OrderText/6-15/PA1203_6.pdf. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
6. ^ Friedman, Ralph (1993) [1972]. Oregon for the Curious (3rd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Pars Publishing Company. p. 46. ISBN 0-87004-222-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=V8gJTJe6ePIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ralph+Friedman&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Cushman&f=false. 
7. ^ "Davidson to close Oregon sawmill". Portland Business Journal. 2004-02-04. http://portland.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2004/02/02/daily30.html. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
8. ^ 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. 351. OCLC 4874569. http://www.archive.org/stream/oregonendoftrail00writrich#page/350/mode/2up/search/Cushman. 

External links

• Image of railroad bridge at Cushman from Panoramio
• Oregon 126 road cam at Cushman from Oregon Department of Transportation