Starkey, Oregon
Starkey is an
Starkey post office was established in 1879 and named after the first postmaster, John Starkey, who settled in the area in the 1870s.[2] The originally proposed name, Daleyville, was rejected.[3] The post office closed in 1935.[2]
Starkey was the headquarters of the Mount Emily Lumber Company.[4] The population was 50 in 1919 and 75 in 1931.[4] The town went through a significant population boom by 1940 because of a portable logging operation,[5] but the townsite was liquidated by the Valsetz Lumber Company in 1955.[2] Today Starkey has a store and a cemetery.[citation needed]
References
- ^ "Starkey". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ^ ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ISBN 0-9618185-0-6.
- ^ ISBN 0-295-98332-9. Archived from the originalon January 19, 2009.
- ISBN 0-87595-073-6.
45°13′17″N 118°25′33″W / 45.2215179°N 118.4257875°W
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