List of Yamhill County Post Offices

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Below is a list of Yamhill County, Oregon post offices (past and present.) List may be incomplete.

Currently Active Post Offices[1]
Name Established Notes
Amity 1852
Carlton 1874
Dayton 1851
Dundee 1897 Formerly Dundee Junction.
Lafayette 1851
Newberg 1869
McMinnville 1855 Post office was originally named McMinville, then changed later.
Sheridan 1866 Formerly Willamina.
Willamina 1878-1880, 1891 Post office established in 1855, but name was changed to Sheridan in 1866. Current post office established in 1878. Operated in Polk County part of Willamina from 1880-1891.
Yamhill 1908 Formerly North Yam Hill.
Discontinued Post Offices[2]
Name Established Discontinued Notes
Bellevue 1869 1904 Formerly Muddy.
Bellwood 1899 1906
Briedwell 1887 1888
Byersville 1893 1903 Formerly Fairdale.
Center[3]  ?  ?
Charleston 1900 1901 Later Rex.
Chase 1896 1905
Chehalem 1851 1852
Chesterbrook 1913 1917
Cove Orchard 1912 1953
Crawford 1905 1907
Dewey 1898 1904
Dundee[4] 1882[4] 1885[4] Formerly Ekins. Replaced by Dundee Junction post office, which later became the current Dundee post office.[4]
Dundee Junction[4] 1887[4] 1897[4] Later became the current Dundee post office.[4]
Ekins 1881 1882 Later would become the discontinued Dundee post office, not the current one.[4]
Fairdale 1885 1893 Later Byersville.
Gopher 1899 1905
Grand Ronde[4] ~1894[4] Early 1920s[4] Formerly in Polk County at Fort Yamhill site. Later moved to present site in Polk County.[4]
Hayland[4] 1888[4] 1888[4] Area located on Tillamook-Yamhill county border. Lasted for five months.[4]
Hopewell[4] 1897[4] 1903[4]
Larch 1891 1894
Linfield College[3]  ?  ?
Manila 1898 1898 Lasted for five months.
Mount Hood 1854 1862
Mountain House 1866 1874
Muddy 1855 1869 Later Bellevue.
North Yam Hill 1851 1908 Later Yamhill.
Rex 1901 1943 Formerly Charleston.
Roberts 1892 1895
Saint Joseph 1872 1879
Springbrook 1893 1961[5]
Tillamook Gate 1911 1913
Wapata/Wapato 1883 1886
Washington 1858 1860
West Chehalem 1865 1900
Wheatland 1867 1903
Whites 1889 1890 Later Whiteson.
Whiteson 1890 1954 Formerly Whites.
Willamette/Willammette 1851 1852
Willamina[4] 1855[4] 1866[4] Later Sheridan. Not current Willamina post office.[4]
Yam Hill[4] 1856[4] 1857[4]
Yam Hill Falls 1850 1852 Replaced by Lafayette.
Ziegler[3]  ?  ?

[edit] References

  1. ^ All years, names, and notes are retrieved from The Oregon Historical Society's, "Oregon Geographic Names".
  2. ^ All years, names, and notes are retrieved from The Yamhill County Genealogical Society's, "Historical Map of Yamhill County, Oregon", under 'Discontinued Postoffices of Yamhill County', unless noted otherwise.
  3. ^ a b c Oregon Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved on 2007-05-13.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur [1928] (1982). Oregon Geographic Names, Fifth Edition, Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 238-239, 327, 353, 372, 815. ISBN 0-87595-114-7. 
  5. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur [1928] (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition, Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 905. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.