| Official Name: | Cushman, Oregon |
| Settlement Type: | Unincorporated community |
| Named For: | local residents C. C. and I. B. Cushman |
| Pushpin Map: | USA Oregon#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | Cushman |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Oregon |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lane |
| Coordinates: | 43.9856°N -124.0442°W |
| Timezone: | PST |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Elevation Ft: | 13 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Area Code: | 541 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 1140573 |
Cushman is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the north bank of the Siuslaw River on Oregon Route 126, between Tiernan and Florence.[1]
Cushman was a station on the Coos Bay Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad (today the Coos Bay Rail Link), named for local residents C. C. and I. B. Cushman.[2] It was a mile east of the community of Acme, but the railroad already had a station named Acme, so the name "Cushman" was chosen instead.[2] The post office was moved from Acme in 1916 and renamed to match the station; it closed in 1961.[2]
Cushman has a historic store that was built in 1889 and expanded in 1925, and there is a swing span railroad bridge across the river there.[3] [4] The bridge opened to allow ocean-going barges to reach a now-closed sawmill in Mapleton.[5] [6] In 1940, Cushman had a population of 145 and a full-service port.[7] At that time the hills above the community produced Port Orford-cedar, a large evergreen coniferous tree native to the region, but by 1990, this resource was depleted and the port no longer served ocean-going vessels.[3]