Tiernan, Oregon

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

Tiernan is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.{{cite gnis |id= 1166615 |name= Tiernan |entrydate= November 28, 1980 |accessdate= 2010-12-31}} It is about five miles west of Mapleton on Oregon Route 126 near the Siuslaw River and within the Siuslaw National Forest.{{cite book |title= Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer |edition= 7th |year= 2008 |publisher= DeLorme |location= Yarmouth, Maine |isbn= 0-89933-347-8 |page= 38}}

The community of Tiernan was named for R. Tiernan of San Francisco, who was leasing a local sawmill.{{Cite OGN|7th|page=954}}{{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}} The Southern Pacific Coos Bay Line railroad station at this locale was named "Beck" or "Beck Station" after an early station master, but it was never the name of the community. Tiernan post office ran from 1919 through 1970. The railway is now part of the Coos Bay Rail Link.