Berlin is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...
in
Linn County,
Oregon
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, United States.
History
Originally, the community was developed around a horse racing course operated by the Burrell family. The races became so popular that the family began charging visitors for meals and their home became known as Burrell’s Inn. When a local post office was established in 1899, it was called Berlin (a single word version of Burrell Inn). The Berlin post office was closed in 1937.
Geography
Waterloo is to the west;
Sweet Home is to the south. Berlin is approximately east of
Lebanon
Lebanon, officially the Republic of Lebanon, is a country in the Levant region of West Asia. Situated at the crossroads of the Mediterranean Basin and the Arabian Peninsula, it is bordered by Syria to the north and east, Israel to the south ...
and north-east of
Eugene.
Berlin has a creek, the
Hamilton Creek.
Berlin is a located in Linn County at latitude 44.498 and longitude -122.748.
References
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Unincorporated communities in Linn County, Oregon