Greenleaf is an
unincorporated community
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in
Lane County,
Oregon
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, United States.
Greenleaf lies on
Oregon Route 36
Oregon Route 36 is an Oregon state highway that runs between the city of Mapleton in the Oregon Coast Range, and the city of Junction City in the Willamette Valley. OR 36 traverses the Mapleton–Junction City Highway No. 229 of the ...
east of
Deadwood and west of
Triangle Lake.
The name Greenleaf was first applied to the community about 1885, and when a post office was established in the area in 1892, the same name was used.
The name may refer to the abundance of
bigleaf maple
''Acer macrophyllum'', the bigleaf maple or Oregon maple, is a large deciduous tree in the genus '' Acer''.
It is native to western North America, mostly near the Pacific coast, from southernmost Alaska to southern California. Some stands are al ...
trees in the area.
[ Greenleaf is also the name of a creek that flows into Lake Creek where the post office was first located.][ The post office was moved in 1908 about down Lake Creek.][ Greenleaf post office closed in 1987; Greenleaf now has a Deadwood mailing address.
The 1928 Lake Creek Bridge near Greenleaf is a ]covered bridge
A covered bridge is a timber-truss bridge with a roof, decking, and siding, which in most covered bridges create an almost complete enclosure. The purpose of the covering is to protect the wooden structural members from the weather. Uncovered woo ...
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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.Travel Oregon.com
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References
Populated places established in 1885
Unincorporated communities in Lane County, Oregon
1885 establishments in Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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