Sams Valley, Oregon

Sams Valley, Oregon

Sams Valley is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 234 northeast of Gold Hill, in the Medford area.

Originally named "Moonville",cite news |url=http://archive.mailtribune.com/archive/99/sept99/91999n1.htm |title=Speaking up for Sams Valley |last=Fattig |first=Paul |date= September 19 1999 |publisher="Mail Tribune"] the community takes its name from a valley that was named for Chief Sam of the Rogue River tribe of Native Americans.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 = 844] Sams Valley post office ran from 1873 until 1953. Today residents consider the communities of Beagle, Antioch and Table Rock part of Sams Valley.

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