Tenmile 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, Oregon
Douglas County is one of the List of counties in Oregon, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 111,201. The county seat is Roseburg, Oregon, Roseburg. Oregon Geographic ...
, United States.
It is located on
Oregon Route 42 southwest of
Roseburg.
Although Tenmile is unincorporated, it has a post office by the same name.
The
ZIP code is 97481.
History
Tenmile Post Office was so-named because a
pioneer drove his
cattle
Cattle (''Bos taurus'') are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus '' Bos''. Mature female cattle are calle ...
from Happy Valley in Douglas County to an area now known as Tenmile Valley.
The distance between the two places was about 10 miles.
[ The post office was established in 1870 as "Ten Mile" and changed to "Tenmile" in 1918.][
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References
External links
Images of Tenmile Post Office
from waymarking.com
Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Oregon
1870 establishments in Oregon
Populated places established in 1870
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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