Deadwood, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Store and gas station in Deadwood
Store and gas station in Deadwood
Deadwood is located in Oregon
Deadwood
Deadwood
Deadwood is located in the United States
Deadwood
Deadwood
Coordinates: 44°05′44″N 123°45′48″W / 44.09556°N 123.76333°W / 44.09556; -123.76333
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Elevation
[1]
259 ft (79 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97430[2]
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1140749[1]

Deadwood is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 36, in the Oregon Coast Range.

Deadwood was named after Deadwood Creek, a tributary of Lake Creek in the Siuslaw River basin. Deadwood Creek was so-named because of the dead timber snags next to its banks, which had resulted from a series of wildfires in the area.[3] Deadwood post office was established in 1884.[3] The post office was discontinued to the community of Greenleaf in 1914, but was reestablished in 1950.[3]

Deadwood is the home of Alpha Farm, an intentional community established in 1971.[4][5] The farm owned the Alpha Bit, a café and book/gift store in Mapleton but was sold in 2018.[4] Other residents include the artists Ernie and Mary Lou Goertzen who lived in the old Deadwood schoolhouse from 1975.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Deadwood, Oregon
  2. ^ "Deadwood ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. ^ a b Alpha Farm (official website)
  5. ^ Gatton, Dee Dee (May 1, 2014). "Alpha Farm: 'There are only two rules: no guns, no hard drugs'". KVAL-TV. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
  6. ^ "Ernest "Ernie" Goertzen". Mennonite Weekly Review. September 2004. Retrieved May 2, 2014.


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