Blachly is an

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, United States, on

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in the Coast Range. Blachly lies along Lake Creek, about from Triangle Lake. Before the Blachly post office was established in 1892, area residents received their mail at the now-closed

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post office. The Blachly office was named for local resident William Blachly, who arrived in Oregon in 1854 from

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when he was 10 years old. He died on February 16, 1934. Blachly is served by the K–12 Triangle Lake School, the only school in Blachly School District.

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, representative for

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in the Oregon House of Representatives as of 2021, grew up on a farm in Blachly.

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1892 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1892 Unincorporated communities in Lane County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{LaneCountyOR-geo-stub