Luper, Oregon

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Luper, Oregon is a ghost town in Lane County, Oregon, United States.{{cite gnis|id=1166735|name=Luper (historical)|entrydate=May 22, 1986|accessdate=October 8, 2011}} Originally a train station on the Oregon and California Railroad between Junction City and Eugene, Luper was located near Meadowview Road between Oregon Route 99W and Prairie Road, about {{convert|3.8|mi|km}} south of Junction City. The community was named for James N. Luper, a pioneer born in 1852 in Illinois.{{cite news|url=http://special.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/13909644-55/story.csp|newspaper=The Register-Guard|date=May 24, 2009|page=A1|last=Baker|first=Mark|access-date=October 9, 2011|title=Preserving the past|archive-date=April 26, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426215844/http://special.registerguard.com/csp/cms/sites/web/updates/13909644-55/story.csp|url-status=live}} The Luper Cemetery remains in the area. In 1970, the Oregon Genealogical Society counted 118 grave sites.Oregon Genealogical Society Bulletin, Vol. 10, no. 5, January, 1972,

pages 518-521

James Luper's daughter, Oregon State Engineer Rhea Luper, recalled in 1927 that her father had purchased the Luper-area property around 1870, and thereafter constructed a warehouse and railroad spur. The area became a shipping point for wheat.{{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= Fifth |year= 1982 |publisher= Oregon Historical Society Press |location= Portland, Oregon |isbn= 0-87595-114-7 |pages= 462–463}}