Elmira, Oregon

Elmira
Unincorporated community
Approaching Elmira from the south
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Coordinates: 44°3′57″N 123°21′15″W / 44.06583°N 123.35417°W / 44.06583; -123.35417Coordinates: 44°3′57″N 123°21′15″W / 44.06583°N 123.35417°W / 44.06583; -123.35417
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)

Elmira is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located west of Eugene and north of Veneta and Oregon Route 126, near the Long Tom River and Fern Ridge Reservoir.

The community was named after Elmira, California, after previously having the name "Duckworth".^[1] A local business owner persuaded postal authorities to rename the community "Elmira" in 1884.^[2]

In approximately 1905, Elmira Road and the surrounding area was homesteaded by Henry and Celia Faulhaber along with their children Leon, Neil and Mildred. Sometime between 1905 and 1916 Elmira Road was donated back to the county by Henry Faulhaber and later renamed Faulhaber Road.^[3]

Education

Elmira is served by the Fern Ridge School District (28J), which has three schools: Elmira Elementary School, Fern Ridge Middle School, and Elmira High School. Lane Community College offers credit and non-credit classes at the Elmira Community Learning Center.

References

↑ "Names of Lane County Communities Reveal Interesting Histories, Anecdotes". Eugene Register-Guard. 4 January 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
↑ Neil Faulhaber (October 29, 1983). "Tape recording" (Interview). Interview with Lora Keenan. Veneta, Oregon.

3. Inman, Loris. “Elmira, Oregon - A Photo Story." Lane County Historian Vol. XXIII, No. 3. Fall, 1978. http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/10797/Vol_23_No_3_Fal_1978.pdf?sequence=1

4. Dailey, Charles. "Lane County, Oregon, West of I5 Except Eugene." Pioneer History—to about 1900, Churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest. October 9, 2009. http://ncbible.org/nwh/OrLaneWest.html

External links

Media related to Elmira, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons
Fern Ridge School District
LCC Elmira Community Learning Center

Municipalities and communities of Lane County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Eugene

Cities	Coburg Cottage Grove Creswell Dunes City Eugene Florence Junction City Lowell Oakridge Springfield Veneta Westfir

Unincorporated communities	Alma Alpha Alvadore Belknap Springs Blachly Blue River Brickerville Cheshire Cloverdale Crow Culp Creek Cushman Deadwood Deerhorn Dexter Disston Dorena Elmira Fall Creek Finn Rock Flagg Franklin Gillespie Corners Glenada Glenwood Globe Goldson Goshen Greenleaf Hampton Heceta Beach Horton Indiola Jasper Lancaster Latham Leaburg Linslaw London Springs Lorane Low Pass Mabel Mapleton Marcola McCredie Springs McKenzie Bridge Minerva Mohawk Nimrod North Beach Noti Paris Pawn Penn Pleasant Hill Rainbow Riverview Saginaw Searose Beach Siltcoos Swisshome Tide Tiernan Triangle Lake Unity Vaughn Vida Walden Walker Walterville Walton Wendling Westlake

Ghost towns	Divide Luper Malabon Yarnell

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