Deadwood is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Lane County,

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, United States. It is located on Oregon Route 36, in the

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. Deadwood was named after Deadwood Creek, a tributary of Lake Creek in the

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basin. Deadwood Creek was so-named because of the dead

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snags next to its banks, which had resulted from a series of

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s in the area. Deadwood post office was established in 1884. The post office was discontinued to the community of Greenleaf in 1914, but was reestablished in 1950. Deadwood is the home of Alpha Farm, an

intentional community An intentional community is a voluntary residential community designed to foster a high degree of group cohesiveness, social cohesion and teamwork. Such communities typically promote shared values or beliefs, or pursue a common vision, wh ...

established in 1971.Alpha Farm (official website)
/ref> The farm owned the Alpha Bit, a café and book/gift store in Mapleton but was sold in 2018. Other residents include the artists Ernie and Mary Lou Goertzen who lived in the old Deadwood schoolhouse from 1975.

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Unincorporated communities in Lane County, Oregon 1884 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1884 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{LaneCountyOR-geo-stub