Lincoln is an
unincorporated community
An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...
in
Jackson County,
Oregon
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, United States.
It lies along
Oregon Route 66
Oregon Route 66 is an Oregon state highway that runs between the cities of Ashland and Klamath Falls. The highway is known as the Green Springs Highway No. 21 (see Oregon highways and routes), and is signed east-to-west.
Route description
Ore ...
(Greens Springs Highway) between
Ashland and
Klamath Falls in the
Siskiyou Mountains
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near
Pinehurst.
It is within the boundaries of the
Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument
The Cascade–Siskiyou National Monument is a United States national monument that protects of forest and grasslands at the junction of the Cascade Range and the Siskiyou Mountains in Southwestern Oregon and Northwestern California, United State ...
.
[
'']Oregon Geographic Names
''Oregon Geographic Names'' is a compilation of the origin and meaning of place names in the U.S. state of Oregon, published by the Oregon Historical Society. The book was originally published in 1928. It was compiled and edited by Lewis A. McArth ...
'', citing an article in the Medford ''Mail-Tribune'' of September 29, 1929, says that Lincoln was named for Lincoln, New Hampshire, by a family whose surname was Henry. The family, formerly operating in New England
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, owned a lumber mill in Lincoln.
References
Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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