Rowland, Oregon

Rowland is a ghost town in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.{{GNIS|1126346|name=Rowland (historical)}}

History

Rowland was formerly a station on the now-abandoned Southern Pacific Railroad East Side Line, beginning in the 1880s as an Oregonian Railway station.{{Cite OGN|7th|page=828}}{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=kGBlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BpQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1959%2C2655256 | title=Historical scrapbook | work=The Times | date=Mar 10, 1966 | accessdate=29 October 2015 | pages=4}}{{cite web |url= http://www.linncountyroots.com/Towns/MoreTowns2.htm |publisher= Linn County Roots |title= Town Histories |accessdate= November 3, 2015}} A post office was established at Rowland in 1886, and remained in operation until 1905.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OR&county=Linn | title=Linn County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=1 October 2014}}

References

External links

[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm/singleitem/collection/max/id/1418/rec/10 Historic image of Rowland] from Salem Public Library

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Category:Geography of Linn County, Oregon

Category:1886 establishments in Oregon

Category:Populated places established in 1886