Walterville is an

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Lane County, Oregon Lane County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 382,971, making it the fourth-most populous county in Oregon. The county seat is Eugene. It is named in honor of Joseph Lane, Orego ...

, United States. It is located east of Springfield on

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near the McKenzie River. Walterville post office was established in 1875 and named by the first postmaster and prominent

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rancher, George Millican, for his son Walter. The town of Millican in Deschutes County was named for George Millican. Members of the Millican family have lived in the area since the 1860s and the Millican

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is still in operation. Walterville Pond, on

Eugene Water & Electric Board The Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) is Oregon's largest customer-owned utility. Founded in 1911, it provides electricity and water to more than 86,000 customers in or around Eugene, Oregon. Chartered by the City of Eugene, a five-member ...

's (EWEB) Walterville Canal, is a water storage pond that is also used for fishing and birdwatching. Walterville Canal was built by EWEB in 1911 to provide

hydropower Hydropower (from el, ὕδωρ, "water"), also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to Electricity generation, produce electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by energy transformation, converting the Pot ...

to pump McKenzie River water to Eugene for use as drinking water. Walterville Elementary School is part of the Springfield School District.

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the

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system, Walterville has a

warm-summer Mediterranean climate A Mediterranean climate (also called a dry summer temperate climate ''Cs'') is a temperate climate sub-type, generally characterized by warm, dry summers and mild, fairly wet winters; these weather conditions are typically experienced in the ...

, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.Climate Summary for Walterville, Oregon
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References

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