Goshen, Oregon | |
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![]() Former Assembly of God church in Goshen | |
Coordinates: 43°59′44″N 123°0′37″W / 43.99556°N 123.01028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Lane |
Elevation | 499 ft (152 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
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]
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]
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]
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.
Goshen, Oregon | |
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![]() Former Assembly of God church in Goshen | |
Coordinates: 43°59′44″N 123°0′37″W / 43.99556°N 123.01028°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Lane |
Elevation | 499 ft (152 m) |
Time zone | UTC-8 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
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]
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]
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]
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.