Goshen, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

43°59′44″N 123°0′37″W / 43.99556°N 123.01028°W / 43.99556; -123.01028CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyLaneElevation

499 ft (152 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)ZIP code

97405

Area code(s)458 and 541GNIS feature ID1136329

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,^[6] although Oregon: End of the Trail says that it was named by Elijah Bristow. Bristow saw the area as a "land of promise."^[7] The post office was discontinued in 1957, when it became an Independent Rural Station of Eugene.^[8]^[9]

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.^[10]^[11]

In 1940 Goshen had a population of 93.^[7]

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen was built in 1910; as of 1990 it was a private residence.^[4]^[12] It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Andrew J. Keeney House, built circa 1870, is also in the Goshen area.^[13]

Economy

Goshen is the site of a Cone Lumber Company sawmill.^[14] At one time the community had a truckstop and a café.^[3] The truckstop and café were torn down in 1999 and replaced with a Pacific Pride commercial filling station.^[15]

Education

Goshen School, which served grades K–8 in the Springfield School District, was closed in June 2011. It now houses the Willamette Leadership Academy, a charter school serving students in grades 6-12.

References

^ "Goshen". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 40. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
^ ^a ^b Andrews, Jennifer (1997). "The Goshen Truckstop". Influx. University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communications. Retrieved November 1, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 524–525. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
^ ^a ^b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 415. ISBN 978-0875952772.
^ Fay Hampton Robertson (April 1965). "John Jacob Hampton, an Oregon Pioneer of 1845". Lane County Historian. 10 (1). Lane County Pioneer-Historical Society: 12. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 18, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p. 316. OCLC 4874569.
^ 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.
^ McArthur, Lewis L.; Cynthia B. Gardiner (1996). The Railroad Stations of Oregon. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-295-98332-9.
^ Walling, Albert G. (1884). Illustrated History of Lane County, Oregon. Portland, Oregon: A. G. Walling Publishing Company. p. 446. ISBN 9780598541451. OCLC 16672446.
^ "Methodist Episcopal Church of Goshen". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
^ "Keeney, Andrew J, House". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved January 17, 2011.
^ "A Profile of Rural Lands and Communities in the Southern Willamette Valley" (PDF). Lane Council of Governments. 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 18, 2004.
^ Collins, Eric (March 29, 1999). "Patrons will miss popular truck stop". The Register-Guard. Eugene, Oregon. p. C1. Retrieved September 18, 2016.