Elmira is an

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in Lane County,

Oregon Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...

, United States. It is located west of Eugene and north of Veneta and

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, near the

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and

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. The community was named after

Elmira, California Elmira is a census-designated place (CDP) in Solano County, California, Solano County, California, United States. The population was 188 at the 2010 census. History Elmira, California, is named after Elmira, New York. In the 19th and early 20th c ...

, after previously having the name "Duckworth". A local business owner persuaded postal authorities to rename the community "Elmira" in 1884. In approximately 1905, Elmira Road and the surrounding area was homesteaded by Henry and Celia Faulhaber along with their children Leon, Neil and Mildred. Sometime between 1905 and 1916 Elmira Road was donated back to the county by Henry Faulhaber and later renamed Faulhaber Road.

Demographics

Education

Elmira is served by the Fern Ridge School District (28J), which has four traditional schools, Elmira Elementary School, Veneta Elementary School, Fern Ridge Middle School, and Elmira High School, and an online charter high school, West Lane Technical Learning Center.

References

3. Inman, Loris. "Elmira, Oregon - A Photo Story." Lane County Historian Vol. XXIII, No. 3. Fall, 1978. http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/10797/Vol_23_No_3_Fal_1978.pdf?sequence=1 4. Dailey, Charles. "Lane County, Oregon, West of I5 Except Eugene." Pioneer History—to about 1900, Churches of Christ and Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest. October 9, 2009. http://ncbible.org/nwh/OrLaneWest.html

External links

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Fern Ridge School District

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