Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
Shaw is an unincorporated community in Marion County , Oregon , United States, on Oregon Route 214 .[ 1]
Shaw was a station in the Waldo Hills between Macleay and Aumsville on the Oregonian Railway (later the Southern Pacific Railroad and today the Willamette Valley Railway ).[ 2] [ 3] In 1881 the station was named "Waldo Hills" but the name was changed to "Shaw" in 1891 to match the post office.[ 4]
Shaw post office was established in 1887 and named for Angus Shaw, the first postmaster.[ 4] Shaw was from Ontario , Canada and settled in the area 1876.[ 4] The post office closed in 1937.[ 4]
In 1915 Shaw had two grain mills, which no longer exist.[ 2] As of 2005, Shaw had 18 dwellings, a machine shop, a general store building, a warehouse and a church.[ 5]
The Shaw area was settled by pioneer Daniel Waldo in the 1840s.[ 6]
References
^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Shaw, Oregon
^ a b Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd . p. 382. ISBN 0-87004-332-3 .
^ "History" . Cascade Scenic Railway, Inc. Retrieved January 8, 2010 .
^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A. ; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 865. ISBN 978-0875952772 .
^ "Marion County Comprehensive Plan" (PDF) . Marion County, Oregon. December 1, 2005. Retrieved January 8, 2010 .
^ May, Dean L. (1994). Three Frontiers: Family, Land, and Society in the American West, 1850-1900 . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . p. 199. ISBN 0-521-58575-9 .
External links
44°52′22″N 122°52′19″W / 44.872899°N 122.872036°W / 44.872899; -122.872036