Springwater, Oregon

Springwater is an unincorporated rural communitycite web |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1150201 |title=Feature Query Results |publisher= United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey |accessdate=2008-03-18] in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, about three miles south of Estacada on Oregon Route 211. So-named since pioneer days, it was one of the first places on the upper Clackamas River to have a post office.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= 906] Springwater post office ran from 1874–1914, with George A. Crawford as the first postmaster. The historic wooden Springwater Presbyterian Church was built circa 1890. [cite web |url=http://www.iselinarch.com/restore.php |title= Our Portfolio |publisher= Iselin Architects |accessdate= 2008-03-18] The church was burned along with many other buildings in the area when a wildfire swept the area in 1904.Fact|date=September 2008 The adjacent manse survived the fire and the church was rebuilt.Fact|date=September 2008 The Springwater Grange has celebrated a Springwater Fair every year since 1923.cite news |url=http://www.estacadanews.com/news/story.php?story_id=118972773424890400 |date= September 122007 |title=84th annual Springwater Fair this Saturday |publisher= "Estacada News" |accessdate=2008-03-18]

ee also

*Springwater Corridor

References

External links

* [http://photos.salemhistory.org/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/max&CISOPTR=728&REC=1 Historic image of Springwater Presbyterian Church] from Salem Public Library
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~orpionpr/Springwater.html Springwater Cemetery]
* [http://www.springwater-pres.org/ Springwater Presbyterian Church]