Rowland, Oregon

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

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.[2][3][4] A post office was established at Rowland in 1886, and remained in operation until 1905.[5]

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References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rowland (historical)
  2. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 828. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  3. "Historical scrapbook". The Times. Mar 10, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  4. "Town Histories". Linn County Roots. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  5. "Linn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 October 2014.


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