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Drew 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 Douglas County,
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, United States. It is located about six miles south of
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and 21 miles north of
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on
Oregon Route 227 Oregon Route 227 was an American state highway which originally ran from the city of Canyonville, Oregon to the community of Trail. In 1985, the highway was truncated at the Douglas–Jackson county line; only the southern section remained und ...
, surrounded by the
Umpqua National Forest Umpqua National Forest, in southern Oregon's Cascade Range, covers an area of in Douglas, Lane, and Jackson counties, and borders the Crater Lake National Park in Southern Oregon. The four ranger districts for the forest are the Cottage Gro ...
. Drew was probably named after Robert Drew, a local resident. Drew post office was established in 1902 and discontinued in 1971. In 1915 the community had a public school, and the nearest railroad point was 32 miles away in
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. As of 1990 there were only a few houses. Drew has a
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and a museum in the former Tison School building, built of logs in 1906. At one time Drew's economy was based primarily on
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-Tiller-Drew area as a "community of concern" because of the negative impact the Northwest Forest Plan had on it.


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Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Oregon 1902 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1902 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{DouglasCountyOR-geo-stub