Linslaw, Oregon

Linslaw, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Linslaw, Oregon
Coordinates: 44°00′00″N 123°41′02″W / 44°N 123.684°WCoordinates: 44°00′00″N 123°41′02″W / 44°N 123.684°W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Elevation	305 ft (93 m)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	97490
Area code(s)	458 and 541

Linslaw is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.^[1] It is located about eight miles west of Walton on Oregon Route 126 next to the Siuslaw River.^[2]

In 1917, when a petition was sent to the United States Post Office Department for a post office at this locale, it was approved with the name "Linslaw".^[3][4] Locals could not explain the source of the name, but the author of Oregon Geographic Names has a theory that the name was supposed to be "Siuslaw", and the handwriting on the petition was unclear and misread as "Linslaw".^[3] Linslaw post office was closed in 1957.^[3][5] The Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad had a station here.^[3] Today this line is owned by the Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad.

References

1. "Linslaw". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-12-21.
2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 38. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 581. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
4. "Names of Lane County Communities Reveal Interesting Histories, Anecdotes". Eugene Register-Guard. 4 January 1942. p. 4. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
5. "Lane County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 23 April 2015.