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]
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.jpg) Former Assembly of God church in Goshen | |
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| 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 |
History
editIn 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
editGoshen 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] As of 2024, Goshen has a convenience store, a cannabis shop and a bar (The Local Losers Lounge) added to the local economy. In addition to the commercial fueling station, a commercial tire shop and a propane dealer were established years ago.
Education
editGoshen 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
edit- ^ "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.
External links
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- Historic images of Goshen from the University of Oregon digital archives
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