Swisshome, Oregon

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

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|name = Swisshome, Oregon

|settlement_type = Unincorporated community

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|image_caption = General store/service station on Route 36

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|pushpin_label = Swisshome

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|subdivision_name = United States

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|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

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|elevation_ft = 213

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|blank1_info = 1150791{{GNIS|1150791}}

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Swisshome is an unincorporated community in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located along the Siuslaw River northeast of Mapleton, on Oregon Route 36.

The community's name was conferred in honor of a local Swiss family.{{cite news | url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1310&dat=19420104&id=v81YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=negDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6678,4684615&hl=en | title=Names of Lane County Communities Reveal Interesting Histories, Anecdotes | work=Eugene Register-Guard | date=4 January 1942 | accessdate=23 April 2015 | pages=4}} Swisshome post office was established in 1902.{{cite web | url=http://www.postalhistory.com/postoffices.asp?task=display&state=OR&county=Lane | title=Lane County | publisher=Jim Forte Postal History | accessdate=23 April 2015}} The Coos Bay Rail Link passes through Swisshome.

The Deadwood Creek Bridge and the Wildcat Creek Bridge near Swisshome are two covered bridges that are on the National Register of Historic Places.[http://www.nationalregisterofhistoricplaces.com/OR/Lane/state.html National Register of Historical Places - Lane County, Oregon]. Accessed June 2010.