Scottsburg, Oregon Explained

Official Name:Scottsburg, Oregon
Timezone:PST
Utc Offset:-8
Timezone Dst:PDT
Utc Offset Dst:-7
Elevation M:19
Elevation Ft:62
Coordinates:43.6542°N -123.8156°W
Postal Code Type:ZIP code
Postal Code:97473
Area Code:541
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:41-65750
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:1149180
Settlement Type:Unincorporated community
Pushpin Map:Oregon#USA
Pushpin Label:Scottsburg
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Douglas County

Scottsburg is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. It is along the Umpqua River and Oregon Route 38, and is about 20miles from the Pacific Ocean. It was once a growing town but after the Great Flood of 1862 the town declined.[1] Scottsburg was named for pioneer Levi Scott.

The city is located at what was the headwaters of navigation on the Umpqua River, some 20miles from the ocean. For a short time in the 1850s and 1860s, it was a seaport servicing the interior of Southern Oregon.

Scottsburg was a transfer point for a stage line that ran from Drain, Oregon to Scottsburg. Once at Scottsburg, travelers boarded a steamboat and travelled down river to Gardiner, Oregon.

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  1. http://users.wi.net/~census/lesson35.html Oregon History Online 2