Pinehurst is an

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in Jackson County,

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, United States, on

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(OR 66) about southeast of Ashland. It is along Jenny Creek near Round Prairie between the

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and the foothills of the Cascade Range.

History

Pinehurst was one of the small

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towns along an early stagecoach and wagon freight route between the

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and the

Klamath Basin The Klamath Basin is the region in the U.S. states of Oregon and California drained by the Klamath River. It contains most of Klamath County and parts of Lake and Jackson counties in Oregon, and parts of Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Siskiyou ...

. This road, also known as the Green Springs Highway, was the original route of the

Applegate Trail The Applegate Trail was an emigrant trail through the present-day U.S. states of Idaho, Nevada, California, and Oregon used in the mid-19th century by emigrants on the American frontier. It was originally intended as a less dangerous alternative t ...

. The name "Pinehurst" comes from the word "

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" and the

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word ''

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'', meaning woods. Pinehurst is named for its location in a

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belt. In 1878, there was a post office in the Pinehurst area named "Pioneer"; it closed in 1882. The nearby post office named "Shake" established in 1886 was moved and renamed "Pinehurst" in 1911. In 1915, Pinehurst had a population of 20 and a public school. By 1940, Pinehurst had a population of ten. An inn at the town was formerly the supper stop on the

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bus route between Ashland and

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until it burned down. As of 1990 the only structure in the community was a two-story

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dating to the 1920s. The log building was a roadhouse that was built when OR 66 bypassed the former Applegate Trail route. As of 2010, the building was a

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—the Historic Pinehurst Inn—but has since closed. The original stagecoach stop was the 1904 ranch house at Green Springs Box R Ranch in the Pinehurst area. The owners sold part of the property in 2016 to New Frontier Ranch, which offers guest accommodations. The nearby Buckhorn Mineral Springs Resort is a historic

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on the

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Education

Pinehurst School, which is about two miles west of the community, in an area known as

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, is the only school in the Pinehurst School District. It serves students from

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through eighth grade. The 1908 school building is recognized by Jackson County as having primary historical significance.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the

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system, Pinehurst has a

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, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.

References

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Historic image of Pinehurst
from Salem Public Library {{authority control Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Oregon Ghost towns in Oregon Spa towns in Oregon 1878 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1878 Unincorporated communities in Oregon

History

Education

Climate

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