Geneva, Oregon

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Geneva is a ghost town located in Jefferson County, Oregon, United States, on the shore of Lake Chinook.{{cite book|last=Miller|first=Donald C.|year=1977|title=Ghost Towns of Washington and Oregon|publisher=Pruett Pub. Co.|isbn=978-0-871-08500-9 |location=Boulder, Colorado|page=116}} The town was established in 1910.{{cite web|url=http://www.photographicimage.com/TheAgateJeffersonCountyHistoricalSociety.html|work=The Agate-Jefferson County Historical Society|location=Madras, Oregon|title=A History of Grandview, Oregon|last=Swanson|first=Guy|archive-url=https://archive.today/20190819020636/http://www.photographicimage.com/TheAgateJeffersonCountyHistoricalSociety.html|archive-date=August 19, 2019|access-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}} It was named after its founder's wife, Geneva, who was appointed postmaster when the town's post office opened in 1914.{{cite book|last1=Hatton|first1=Raymond|last2=Chitwood|first2=Lawrence|last3=Garrett|first3=Stuart|title=Oregon's Sisters Country|location=Bend, Oregon|publisher=Geographical Books|year=1996|page=263|isbn=978-0-892-88260-1}}