Deadwood is an

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in Lane County,

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, United States. It is located on

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, in the

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. Deadwood was named after

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, a tributary of Lake Creek in the

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basin. Deadwood Creek was so-named because of the dead

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snags next to its banks, which had resulted from a series of

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s in the area. Deadwood post office was established in 1884. The post office was discontinued to the community of Greenleaf in 1914, but was reestablished in 1950. Deadwood is the home of Alpha Farm, an

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established in 1971.Alpha Farm (official website)
/ref> The farm owned the Alpha Bit, a café and book/gift store in

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but was sold in 2018. Other residents include the artists Ernie and

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who lived in the old Deadwood schoolhouse from 1975.

References

Unincorporated communities in Lane County, Oregon 1884 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1884 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{LaneCountyOR-geo-stub