- Azalea, Oregon
Azalea is an unincorporated community in Douglas County,
Oregon ,United States , about 10 miles east of Glendale onInterstate 5 .Azalea was named for the abundance of
azalea s in the area, including the "Azalea occidentalis " and the "Azaleastrum albiflorum ". The name Azalea was used for two different post offices in the upper Cow Creek Valley in Douglas County. A post office named "Starvout" was established in 1888. The name was changed to "Booth" in 1907 and to "Azalea" in 1914. There was a different Azalea post office in the area that ran from 1899 to 1909.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 = ]Azalea is the hometown of decathlete and Olympian
Tom Pappas .cite web
last =
first =
authorlink =
coauthors =
title = Tom Pappas
work =
publisher =USA Track and Field
date =
url = http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/oldBios/2005/Pappas_Tom.asp
format =
doi =
accessdate = 2007-02-24]References
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