Penn, Oregon

Penn, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Penn is located in Oregon
Penn
Penn
Penn is located in the United States
Penn
Penn
Coordinates: 44°01′46″N 123°31′47″W / 44.02944°N 123.52972°W / 44.02944; -123.52972
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Elevation
463 ft (141 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1166695
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

Penn is an unincorporated community and former railway station in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was named for the Penn Timber Company, which operated in the vicinity.[2]

Penn lies along Penn Road between Walton and Flagg in the Central Oregon Coast Range east of Florence. Wildcat Creek, a tributary of the Siuslaw River, flows by Penn.[3]

The name of the post office for Penn was McGlynn. Postal officials rejected Penn as the name for the office because it might be confused with other entities. They approved McGlynn, named after Thomas McGlynn, who owned the land where the post office was established. The McGlynn post office opened in 1923 and closed in 1938.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Penn". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved March 10, 2016.
  2. ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 626, 753. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  3. ^ "United States Topographic Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved March 10, 2016 – via ACME Mapper.