Thomas, Oregon

Thomas is a ghost town in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1]

## History

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A post office was established at Thomas in 1898, and remained in operation until 1920.[2] The town took its name from nearby Thomas Creek.[3] Thomas was a station on the Oregon Pacific Railroad, later reorganized as the Corvallis and Eastern Railroad.[4]

## References

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1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Thomas (historical)
2. ^ "Linn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
3. ^ "Historical scrapbook". The Times. Mar 10, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
4. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 948\. ISBN 978-0875952772.

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Municipalities and communities of Linn County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Albany

Cities|

* Albany‡
* Brownsville
* Gates‡
* Halsey
* Harrisburg
* Idanha‡
* Lebanon
* Lyons
* Mill City‡
* Millersburg
* Scio
* Sodaville
* Sweet Home
* Tangent
* Waterloo

Linn County map

CDPs|

* Cascadia
* Crabtree
* Crawfordsville
* Holley
* Lacomb
* Peoria
* Shedd
* South Lebanon
* West Scio

Other
communities|

* Foster
* Jordan
* Kingston
* Marion Forks
* Riverside
* Santiam Junction

Ghost towns|

* Burlington
* Orleans
* Rowland
* Shelburn
* Tallman
* Thomas

Indian reservation|

* Warm Springs Indian Reservation‡

Footnotes|

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

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