London Springs, Oregon

London Springs, Oregon
London Springs, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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	Coordinates: 43°37′54″N 123°5′28″W / 43.63167°N 123.09111°W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Elevation	896 ft (273 m)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Code	97424
Area code(s)	458 and 541
GNIS feature ID	1123364

London Springs is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It lies 11.33 miles (18.23 km) south-southwest of Cottage Grove at an elevation of 896 feet (273 m).^[1] London Springs is near the Coast Fork Willamette River, south of Cottage Grove Lake.

The unincorporated community of London is less than a mile from London Springs.^[2] London post office ran from 1902 until 1919.^[3] The office was formerly named "Amos" and was located two miles south of London, on a tributary of the Coast Fork Willamette River.^[3]^[4] Amos post office was founded in 1898 and ran until its move to London.^[3] It was named for John Amos Sutherland, son of postmaster John Sutherland.^[3] Levi Geer developed a mineral spring here, and it is unknown why he named the place "London", but when the post office moved to the community, it was renamed after the new location.^[3] Geer and Sutherland operated a general store in which the post office was located for a time.^[3]

Geer opened the Calapooya Mineral Springs Hotel in London in 1904.^[5]

Territorial Seed Company has a 44-acre (18 ha) trial ground and organic research farm in London Springs.^[6]

Climate

This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, London Springs has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.^[7]

References

^ "London Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
^ "London". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. April 1, 1993. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0875952772.
^ "Amos (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
^ "City of Cottage Grove Emergency Operations Plan" (PDF). City of Cottage Grove. November 2003. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.
^ Territorial Seed Company: About Us
^ Climate Summary for London Springs, Oregon

External links

Historic image of Mineral Springs Hotel at London Springs from Salem Public Library
Historic images of London Springs from Central Washington University Brooks Library

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[GNIS-1] "London Springs". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 14, 2010.

[GNIS2-2] "London". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. April 1, 1993. Retrieved December 14, 2010.

[OGN-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0875952772.

[GNIS3-4] "Amos (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved December 14, 2010.

[Emer-5] "City of Cottage Grove Emergency Operations Plan" (PDF). City of Cottage Grove. November 2003. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 13, 2010. Retrieved December 14, 2010.

[6] Territorial Seed Company: About Us

[7] Climate Summary for London Springs, Oregon

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v t e Municipalities and communities of Lane County, Oregon, United States
County seat: Eugene
Cities	Coburg Cottage Grove Creswell Dunes City Eugene Florence Junction City Lowell Oakridge Springfield Veneta Westfir	Lane County map
CDPs	Cheshire Dexter Elmira Heceta Beach Jasper Mapleton Marcola River Road Santa Clara Trent
Other communities	Alma Alpha Alvadore Belknap Springs Blachly Blue River Canary Cloverdale Crow Culp Creek Cushman Deadwood Deerhorn Disston Dorena Finn Rock Glenada Glenwood Goldson Goshen Greenleaf Hadleyville Horton Indiola Lancaster Latham Leaburg Linslaw London Springs Lorane Low Pass Mabel McCredie Springs McKenzie Bridge Minerva Mohawk Nimrod North Beach Noti Paris Pawn Penn Pleasant Hill Rainbow Riverview Saginaw Searose Beach Siltcoos Swisshome Tide Tiernan Triangle Lake Unity Vaughn Vida Walden Walker Walterville Walton Wendling Westlake
Ghost towns	Divide Luper Malabon Yarnell
Indian reservation	Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Reservation‡
Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties
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London Springs, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°37′54″N 123°5′28″W / 43.63167°N 123.09111°W / 43.63167; -123.09111
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Elevation	896 ft (273 m)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Code	97424
Area code(s)	458 and 541
GNIS feature ID	1123364