Blachly, Oregon

Blachly, Oregon

Blachly is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States on Oregon Route 36 in the Coast Range. Blachly is three miles from Triangle Lake.

Before the Blachly post office was established in 1892, area residents received their mail at the now-closed Franklin 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= 85] The Blachly office was named for local resident William Blachly. Blachly arrived in Oregon in 1854 from Illinois when he was 10 years old. He died on February 16 1934.

Blachly School District

Blachly is served by the single-school Blachly School District. Triangle Lake School is a kindergarten through twelfth grade school with an enrollment of about 100 students.cite news |title= Small Town, Big Clearcut: Why aren't Oregon's schools protected from pesticides?
url= http://www.eugeneweekly.com/2008/02/28/coverstory.html |date= February 28 2008 |publisher= "Eugene Weekly" |first= Camilla |last= Mortensen |accessdate= 2008-04-01] In 2006, Blachly was the only school district in Lane County to earn an "exceptional" rating from the Oregon Department of Education at all levels: elementary, middle school and high school. [cite news |last= McGowan |first= Karen |title= Triple honors: Triangle Lake School wins coveted 'exceptional' ratings from the state |publisher= "The Register-Guard" |date= December 14 2006 |url= http://www.registerguard.com/news/2006/12/14/a1.triangletrifecta.1214.p1.php |accessdate= 2007-05-09 ]

Triangle Lake sports teams are known at the "Lakers" and the school colors are green and gold.cite web |url=http://www.osaa.org/schools/schoolstuv.asp |title= Schools: Taft-Vernonia |publisher= Oregon School Activities Association |accessdate= 2008-04-01] Triangle Lake High School competes in the Mountain West League of the Oregon School Activities Association.

References

External links

* [http://www.blachly.k12.or.us/ Blachly School District 90] (official website)


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