Deadwood, Oregon

Deadwood
—  Unincorporated community  —
Deadwood Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates: 44°5′45″N 123°45′44″W / 44.09583°N 123.76222°W / 44.09583; -123.76222Coordinates: 44°5′45″N 123°45′44″W / 44.09583°N 123.76222°W / 44.09583; -123.76222
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
– Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
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Deadwood is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 36, in the Oregon Coast Range.

Deadwood was named after Deadwood Creek, a tributary of the Siuslaw River. Deadwood Creek was so-named because of the dead timber snags next to its banks, which had resulted from a series of wildfires in the area.^[1] Deadwood post office was established in 1884.^[1] The post office was discontinued to the community of Greenleaf in 1914, but was reestablished in 1950.^[1]

Deadwood is the home of Alpha Farm, an intentional community established in 1971.^[2] The farm owns the Alpha Bit, a café and book/gift store in Mapleton.^[2] Other residents include the artists Ernie and Mary Lou Goertzen who lived in the old Deadwood schoolhouse from 1975.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Alpha Farm website
3. ^ "Mennonite Weekly Review". September, 2004. http://www.mcusa-archives.org/mennobits/Mennonite%20Weekly%20Review/MWR%202004/09-sep%202004.html.