Burnt Woods is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States. It is located about west of Philomath on U.S. Route 20 in the Central Oregon Coast Range near the

Tumtum River The Tumtum River is a tributary of the Marys River in Benton and Lincoln counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. The river rises in the Central Oregon Coast Range west of Burnt Woods and passes through the communities of Burnt Woods and Blodget ...

. Burnt Woods post office was established in 1919, after the name was chosen from a list of proposed names sent to the Post Office Department. The signs of past forest fires are still evident in the area. Burnt Woods post office closed in 1978. The community has a store and a café. The store has been operating since the early 1920s. The café was opened in 1925 and has seen several ownership changes since then. Ellmaker State Wayside is located about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Burnt Woods, accessed westbound on U.S. Route 20.

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Historic images of Burnt Woods
from Salem Public Library Unincorporated communities in Lincoln County, Oregon 1919 establishments in Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{LincolnCountyOR-geo-stub