Provolt 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 is about southeast of

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, near the

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on the county line between Jackson and Josephine counties. Provolt post office was named for a

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family of the area. The Provolt Store was started about 1875 by Samuel Provolt. The post office was established in 1895 in what was then Josephine County; Mary E. Provolt was the first postmaster. The office was discontinued in 1955. According to author Ralph Friedman, Provolt's entire business district consists of the historic country store. Provolt, however, also has a grange hall one block south of the store.

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Historic image of Provolt
from Salem Public Library Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Oregon 1895 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1895 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{JacksonCountyOR-geo-stub