| Official Name: | Cloverdale, Oregon |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated area |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Cloverdale |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Oregon |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Deschutes |
| Timezone: | Pacific |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | Pacific |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Coordinates: | 44.2912°N -121.4528°W |
| Elevation Ft: | 3084 |
Cloverdale is an unincorporated community in Deschutes County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about five miles east of Sisters, on Oregon Route 126.[2]
In the late 19th century, Cloverdale became important stop on the A. J. Warrin Road, an alternative route to the Santiam Wagon Road on the way to Prineville.[3] [4] The community provided services for travelers and local homesteaders, with a store, blacksmith shop, and facilities for camping and boarding horses.[3] By the 1920s or 1930s, the route fell into disuse and the buildings either fell down, were torn down, or moved.[3]
Cloverdale was named by R. A. Ford, a local farmer who was also a teacher and a county school superintendent.[5] He surveyed the nearby Cloverdale Ditch, which is parallel to Whychus Creek.[5] The ditch is used for irrigation. Crops grown in the area include clover, alfalfa, potatoes, grasses and vegetables.[3]
The one-room Old Cloverdale School was built on George Cyrus' land circa 1900 on what today is known as George Cyrus Road (a.k.a. Cloverdale Market Road).[6] Also known as the Cyrus School, it is listed as a historic resource by Deschutes County.[7] [8] A new school was built in 1919.[3] The 1919 school shares a site with the Cloverdale Rural Fire Protection District station and as of 2011 was in use as a preschool.[3] [9] [10]