Goshen, Oregon
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| Unincorporated community | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Lane |
| Elevation | 499 ft (152 m) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| • Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP code | 97405 |
| Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136329 |
Goshen is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located at the junction of Oregon Route 58, Oregon Route 99, and Interstate 5.[2]
History
In 1853, there was stagecoach stop at what is now Goshen, on the stage line that led from Oregon City to the gold country in Jacksonville.[3] The Goshen area was settled in the 1870s.[4] Goshen post office was established in September 1874, with John Handsaker as first postmaster.[5] In the Bible, Goshen was the pastoral land in lower Egypt occupied by the Israelites before the Exodus.[5] An author for the Lane County Historian wrote that Goshen was named by John Jacob Hampton, although Oregon: End of the Trail says that it was named by Elijah Bristow. Bristow saw the area as a "land of promise."[6] The post office was discontinued in 1957, when it became an Independent Rural Station of Eugene.[7][8]
In 1884, Goshen was a station on the Oregon and California Railroad (Later the Siskiyou Line of the Southern Pacific, and today the Central Oregon and Pacific), and the town had a store, blacksmith shop, and a school.[9][10]
In 1940 Goshen had a population of 93.[6]
The Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen was built in 1910; as of 1990 is was a private residence.[4][11] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Andrew J. Keeney House, built circa 1870, is also in the Goshen area.[12]
Economy
Goshen is the site of a Cone Lumber Company sawmill.[13] At one time the community had a tavern, a truckstop, and a café.[3] The truckstop and café were torn down in 1999 and replaced with a Pacific Pride commercial filling station.[14]
Education
Goshen School, which had served grades K–8 as part of Springfield Public Schools, was closed in June 2011. It now houses Willamette Leadership Academy, a charter school serving students in grades 6–12.
References
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- ↑ Helbock, Richard W. (1998.) United States Post Offices, Volume 1 - The West, p. 95, Lake Oswego, Oregon: La Posta Publications.
- ↑ Directory of Post Offices, (1959). Washington, D.C.: USPO Department.
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- ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19990329&id=t1RWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nusDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2919,7892177
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- Historic images of Goshen from the University of Oregon digital archives
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