Gillespie Corners
Unincorporated community
Gillespie Corners is located in Oregon
Gillespie Corners
Gillespie Corners
Location within the state of Oregon
Gillespie Corners is located in the United States
Gillespie Corners
Gillespie Corners
Gillespie Corners (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°54′38″N 123°14′57″W / 43.91056°N 123.24917°W / 43.91056; -123.24917
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)

Gillespie Corners is a road junction and unincorporated locale in Lane County, Oregon, United States.[1][2] Gillespie Corners lies at the intersection of Territorial Highway and Lorane Highway, southwest of Eugene.

The locale was named for brothers Marcellus and Walter Gillespie, grandsons of pioneer Jacob Gillespie, who was a member of the Oregon Territorial Legislature and the namesake for Gillespie Butte in Eugene.

References

  1. ^ "Feature Query Results". United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey. Retrieved July 29, 2008.
  2. ^ "Feature Class Types". Geographic Names Information System, United States Geological Survey. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2008.

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Municipalities and communities of Lane County, Oregon, United States
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