Oregon, Tennessee

Oregon is a ghost town in Wilson County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.[1]

History

The community was named after the territory of Oregon.[2]

gollark: A pi-hole? Those don't actually route all traffic. It would be very slow.
gollark: Routers will often just be abandoned to patchlessness.
gollark: > if you live in a city that's useless (approx. location) in my opinion because there are many more people in a smaller areaIt's still somewhat identifying information.
gollark: I totally would.
gollark: And modern routers and stuff are often hilariously insecure. There are botnets of them.

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oregon (historical)
  2. "Towns named after states". Reading Eagle. Jul 2, 1897. p. 3. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


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