Thurston, Springfield, Oregon

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

{{Other places|Thurston, Oregon (disambiguation){{!}}Thurston, Oregon}}

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File:Thurston Grange Hall.jpg

Thurston is a neighborhood in the eastern part of Springfield, Oregon, United States on Oregon Route 126. Before being annexed by Springfield,{{Citation needed|date=December 2008}} it was formerly an unincorporated community with its own post office.{{GNIS|1128081|name=Thurston}}{{GNIS|1166042|name=Thurston Post Office}} The earliest land claims in the Thurston area by white settlers were in 1851.{{cite web|url=http://www.ci.springfield.or.us/dsd/Planning/hcommission/documents/hist_cont_state.doc |title=Springfield Historic Context Statement |year=1999 |first=Michelle L. |last=Dennis |publisher=City of Springfield |access-date=December 16, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061011150858/http://www.ci.springfield.or.us/dsd/Planning/hcommission/documents/hist_cont_state.doc |archive-date=October 11, 2006 }} A small crossroads community, including a general store and a blacksmith shop, formed at the corner of Thurston Road and 66th Street. The settlement was named for pioneer George H. Thurston, son of Samuel Thurston.{{cite book |last1=Friedman |first1=Ralph |title=In Search of Western Oregon |date=1990 |publisher=Caxton Press |page=685 |isbn=9780870043321 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&pg=PA685 |access-date=8 May 2023}} Thurston post office was established in 1877.{{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 }} The ZIP code for Thurston post office boxes is 97482.[http://zip4.usps.com USPS ZIP code lookup] The ZIP code for delivered mail is 97478.{{Citation needed|date=October 2009}}

Thurston Community Hall was built in 1912.{{cite web |url= http://www.springfieldmuseum.com/articles/springfield.html |title= General History of the City of Springfield |publisher= The Springfield Museum |access-date= November 6, 2009}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} It was the first building in Oregon that was constructed using curved laminated beams. Now known as the Thurston Grange Hall, it is still in use today.