McLeod 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 Jackson County,

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, United States. It lies at the confluence of Big Butte Creek with the Rogue River just downstream of

Lost Creek Lake Lost Creek Lake is a reservoir located on the Rogue River (Oregon), Rogue River in Jackson County, Oregon, Jackson County, Oregon, United States. The lake is impounded by William L. Jess Dam which was constructed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi ...

. It is along

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between Shady Cove and

Prospect Prospect may refer to: General * Prospect (marketing), a marketing term describing a potential customer * Prospect (sports), any player whose rights are owned by a professional team, but who has yet to play a game for the team * Prospect (minin ...

. The community was named after its 1910

settler A settler or a colonist is a person who establishes or joins a permanent presence that is separate to existing communities. The entity that a settler establishes is a Human settlement, settlement. A settler is called a pioneer if they are among ...

William R. McLeod.

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