Mohawk, Oregon

Mohawk
Unincorporated community
Mohawk
Location within the state of Oregon
Mohawk
Mohawk (the US)
Coordinates: 44°8′32″N 122°54′58″W / 44.14222°N 122.91611°W / 44.14222; -122.91611Coordinates: 44°8′32″N 122°54′58″W / 44.14222°N 122.91611°W / 44.14222; -122.91611
Country United States
State Oregon
County Lane
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code 97478
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID 1167030

Mohawk is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, on the Mohawk River, about seven miles upstream from Springfield.[1]

When a post office was established at this locale in 1862, it was named "Mohawk" after the river.[1] The post office operated intermittently, and after being converted to a rural station in 1958, it was finally terminated in 1961.[1] When the Southern Pacific Railroad established a station on the Marcola line there, it was named "Donna".[1][2] Historically there was also a nearby locale known as "Mohawk Post".[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 654. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Donna (historical)
  3. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mohawk Post (historical)


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