Greenleaf, Oregon

{{Short description|Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}

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|name = Greenleaf, Oregon

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

|image_skyline = Greenleaf, Oregon.jpg

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|image_caption = Greenleaf highway marker

|pushpin_map = USA Oregon#USA

|pushpin_label = Greenleaf

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = United States

|subdivision_type1 = State

|subdivision_name1 = Oregon

|subdivision_type2 = County

|subdivision_name2 = Lane

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|unit_pref = Imperial

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|population_as_of = 2000

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|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone = Pacific (PST)

|utc_offset = -8

|timezone_DST = PDT

|utc_offset_DST = -7

|elevation_footnotes =

|elevation_ft = 354

|coordinates = {{coord|44|06|49|N|123|40|01|W|type:city_region:US-OR_source:GNIS-enwiki|display=inline,title}}

|postal_code_type = ZIP codes

|postal_code = 97430

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|blank1_info = 1143064{{GNIS|1143064}}

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Greenleaf is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.{{cite web |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1143064 |title=Feature Query Results |publisher= United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geological Survey |access-date=2008-07-29}} Greenleaf lies on Oregon Route 36 east of Deadwood and west of Triangle Lake.

File:Lake Creek Bridge (Lane County, Oregon).jpg near Greenleaf]]

The name Greenleaf was first applied to the community about 1885, and when a post office was established in the area in 1892, the same name was used.{{cite book |last= McArthur |first= Lewis A. |author-link= Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur |title= Oregon Geographic Names |orig-year= 1928 |edition= Seventh |year= 2003 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press |location= Portland, Oregon |isbn= 0-87595-277-1 |pages= 429}} The name may refer to the abundance of bigleaf maple trees in the area. Greenleaf is also the name of a creek that flows into Lake Creek where the post office was first located. The post office was moved in 1908 about {{convert|3|mi|km|0}} down Lake Creek. Greenleaf post office closed in 1987;{{cite web |url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm?stat_state_name=OREGON |title=Post Offices by State: OREGON Post Offices |publisher=United States Postal Service |access-date=March 26, 2014 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202144715/http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt011.cfm?stat_state_name=OREGON |url-status=dead }} Greenleaf now has a Deadwood mailing address.{{cite web |url= https://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action |title= ZIP Code Lookup |publisher= United States Postal Service |access-date= March 26, 2014}}

The 1928 Lake Creek Bridge near Greenleaf is a covered bridge listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[http://www.traveloregon.com/Explore-Oregon/Willamette-Valley/Attractions/Covered-Bridges/Lake-Creek-Bridge.aspx Travel Oregon.com]