Dallas, Oregon Polk County Courthouse Location in Polk County, Oregon Location in Polk County, Oregon State Oregon Website City of Dallas The town/city of Dallas is the governmental center of county of Polk County, Oregon, United States.
Dallas is along Rickreall Creek, about 15 miles (24 km) west of Salem, at an altitude of 325 feet (99 m) above sea level.
Dallas was settled in the 1840s on the north side of Rickreall Creek and was originally titled "Cynthian" or "Cynthiana". A 1947 Itemizer-Observer article (quoted in 100 Years in Polk County: A Centennial Background) states: "he town was called Cynthiana after Cynthiana, Ky., so titled by Mrs.
The History of Polk County Oregon, 1987, Page 12, states: "To Mrs.
Another origin claims that the origin of the name may come from the name of Jesse Applegate's wife, Cynthia Ann. However, she lived in the Salt Creek region of northern Polk County and, as stated to the 1850 Federal Census, had already left Polk County by 1850.
Dallas postal service was established in 1852. In 1856, the town was moved more than a mile south because of an inadequate supply of water. Dallas was in competition with Independence to be the governmental center of county and the people of Dallas raised $17,000 in order to have a branch of the narrow gauge barns come to their town, thus securing the honor. The line was assembled from 1878 80. A more suitable name for a governmental center of county was needed, and since George Mifflin Dallas was vice-president under James K.
Polk, for whom the county was named, "Dallas" was a natural choice. Dallas was incorporated as a town in 1874, and as a town/city in 1901. incorporated the Salem, Falls City and Western Railway Company late in October 1901 and announced plans to build a barns from the Willamette River at Salem to the mouth of the Siletz River on the Oregon Coast, a distance of 65 miles (105 km). On May 29, 1903, the first train ran from Dallas to Falls City.
At the end of June, passenger trains began regularly scheduled trips to and from Dallas and Falls City each day; the 9-mile (14 km), 40-minute, one-way trip cost 35 cents.
Willamette Industries was established in Dallas in 1906.
At that time the business name was Willamette Valley Lumber Company. Louis Gerlinger, Sr.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 4.81 square miles (12.46 km2), all of it land. Climate data for Dallas, Oregon Average low C 2 2 3 4 7 9 11 11 9 6 3 1 5.7 The Polk County Itemizer-Observer is a weekly journal presented in Dallas since 1875.
Oregon Route 223 is the only state highway that serves the city.
Irene Hazard Gerlinger - first female Regent of the University of Oregon Mark Hatfield - former Governor of Oregon and a United States senator from 1967 1997 United States Enumeration Bureau.
"Population Estimates".
Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.).
Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press.
Weyerhaeuser tries to take over Willamette Forest Industries "Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
15th Enumeration of the United States.
"Number of Inhabitants: Oregon" (PDF).
18th Enumeration of the United States.
"Pennsylvania: Population and Housing Unit Counts" (PDF).
"Gerlinger Carrier Company - straddle carriers for industry".
"Former Oregon Star Confident of Victory".
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Wikisource has the text of a 1920 Encyclopedia Americana article about Dallas, Oregon.
Entry for Dallas in the Oregon Blue Book Dallas Area Chamber of Commerce A town/city and the county-seat of Polk County, Ore.".
Municipalities and communities of Polk County, Oregon, United States State of Oregon
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