Azalea, Oregon

Azalea, Oregon

Azalea is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, about 10 miles east of Glendale on Interstate 5.

Azalea was named for the abundance of azaleas 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
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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]

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