Mohawk 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, on the

Mohawk River The Mohawk River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed October 3, 2011 river in the U.S. state of New York. It is the largest tributary of the Hudson River. The Mohawk f ...

, about seven miles upstream from

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. When a post office was established at this locale in 1862, it was named "Mohawk" after the river. The post office operated intermittently, and after being converted to a rural station in 1958, it was finally terminated in 1961. When the

Southern Pacific Railroad The Southern Pacific (or Espee from the railroad initials- SP) was an American Class I railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated largely in the Western United States. The system was operated by various companies under the ...

established a station on the Marcola line there, it was named "Donna". Historically there was also a nearby locale known as "Mohawk Post".

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Historic image of covered railroad bridge near Mohawk
from Salem Public Library
Historic images of Mohawk
from the University of Oregon Library collections Unincorporated communities in Lane County, Oregon 1862 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1862 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{LaneCountyOR-geo-stub