Crowley is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located east of Oregon Route 99W, about four miles north of Rickreall. [2]
Crowley was a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Derry and McCoy, established in 1892 as "Crowleys" and named for Solomon Kimsey Crowley. [2] [3] Crowley, who was born in Missouri in 1833, came west in 1852 and settled in the Oak Grove area of Polk County in 1855. [3] [4] [5] The "s" was dropped from the name of the station in 1898. [3] The rail line is now owned by the Portland and Western Railroad, but Crowley is no longer a station. [6] The Crowley post office operated intermittently from 1881 to 1904. [3] There was later a Crowley post office established in Malheur County. [3]
44°58′37″N 123°12′29″W / 44.977°N 123.208°W
Crowley is an unincorporated community in Polk County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located east of Oregon Route 99W, about four miles north of Rickreall. [2]
Crowley was a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad between Derry and McCoy, established in 1892 as "Crowleys" and named for Solomon Kimsey Crowley. [2] [3] Crowley, who was born in Missouri in 1833, came west in 1852 and settled in the Oak Grove area of Polk County in 1855. [3] [4] [5] The "s" was dropped from the name of the station in 1898. [3] The rail line is now owned by the Portland and Western Railroad, but Crowley is no longer a station. [6] The Crowley post office operated intermittently from 1881 to 1904. [3] There was later a Crowley post office established in Malheur County. [3]
44°58′37″N 123°12′29″W / 44.977°N 123.208°W