Crowley, Polk County, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

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]

## References

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1. ^ "Crowley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
2. ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
3. ^ a b c d e McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 256\. ISBN 978-0875952772.
4. ^ "Solomon K. Crowley". The History of the Willamette Valley, Being a Description of the Valley and its Resources, with an Account of its Discovery and Settlement by White Men, and its Subsequent History; Together with Personal Reminiscences of its Early Pioneers. Portland, Oregon: Geo. H. Himes, Book and Job Printer. 1885. p. 758\. Archived from the original on December 23, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2012.
5. ^ Flora, Stephenie. "Emigrants of 1855". Retrieved March 4, 2012.
6. ^ "Freight Tariff PNWR 9500" (PDF). Portland & Western Railroad, Inc. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 16, 2012. Retrieved March 4, 2012.

## Further reading

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* Hines, H. K. (1893). Illustrated History of the State of Oregon. Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co. p. 1012.

## External links

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* Historic image of Crowley railroad depot from Salem Public Library

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Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Dallas

Cities|

* Dallas
* Falls City
* Independence
* Monmouth
* Salem‡
* Willamina‡

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CDPs|

* Eola
* Fort Hill‡
* Grand Ronde‡
* Rickreall

Unincorporated
communities|

* Airlie
* Ballston
* Bethel
* Bridgeport
* Brunks Corner
* Buena Vista
* Crowley
* Derry
* Lewisville
* McCoy
* Modeville
* Pedee
* Perrydale
* Salt Creek
* Suver
* Valley Junction
* West Salem
* Zena

Indian reservation|

* Grand Ronde Community‡

Ghost towns|

* Black Rock
* Ellendale
* Valsetz

Footnotes|

‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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