Dixie, Washington County, Oregon

For other places with the same name, see Dixie, Oregon.

Dixie is an unincorporated historic community in Washington County, Oregon, United States.^[1] Dixie post office was established five or six miles southwest of Scappoose in 1887, with John Dix as the first postmaster.^[2] The office was named for the Dix family and not for the U.S. South.^[2] The office closed in 1924, but when real estate was being sold in the area in 1933, a name for the locality was needed for marketing reasons.^[2] When a vote was held at a community picnic around 1936 or 1937, 80 of the attendees chose the name "Dixie" to commemorate the former post office and its postmaster.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Dixie (historical)". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1130235. Retrieved 2011-03-05. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 293–294. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 

Coordinates: 45°43′49″N 123°00′19″W / 45.7303914°N 123.0053851°W / 45.7303914; -123.0053851