Wendling, Oregon

Wendling is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, located northeast of Marcola.[1] Wendling's post office operated from 1899 to 1952.[2] It was named for George X. Wendling, a local lumberman.[3][4] Wendling was created as a company town for the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company.

Wendling, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Wendling Bridge, a covered bridge over Mill Creek
Wendling Bridge, a covered bridge over Mill Creek
Wendling is located in Oregon
Wendling
Wendling
Wendling is located in the United States
Wendling
Wendling
Coordinates: 44°11′36″N 122°47′51″W
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Elevation
646 ft (197 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97454
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1136886

History

A rail line from Coburg, passing through Springfield and Natron, was later extended over Willamette Pass. A branch from Springfield to Wendling was constructed in 1902.[5]

Fires

The main street of the town is but a blackened mass of ruins, not a single post of scantling remaining to mark the spot where the large cookhouse, 80 room hotel and bunkhouse, barber shop, meat market, pool and billiard hall once stood.

— Eugene’s Morning Register, August 26, 1910[6]

In August 1910, Wendling burned down.[7] It also later burned down again on September 29, 1946.[7]

Wendling Bridge, a covered bridge, carries Wendling Road over Mill Creek at Wendling.[8] Built in 1938, the bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[9]

See also

References
  1. "Wendling". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  2. "Lane County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 1020–1021. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. "Names of Lane County Communities Reveal Interesting Histories, Anecdotes". Eugene Register-Guard. January 4, 1942. p. 4. Retrieved April 23, 2015.
  5. Leslie M. Scott: History of the narrow gauge railroad in the Willamette Valley. June 1919, Oregon Historical Quarterly.
  6. Eugene’s Morning Register, August 26, 1910 in "Lost Towns: Wendling". Lane County History Museum. 2016.
  7. "Lost Towns: Wendling". Lane County History Museum. 2016.
  8. "Mill Creek (Wendling) Covered Bridge" (PDF). Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  9. "Oregon National Register List" (PDF). Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. June 6, 2011. p. 23. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  10. Link, Gary (1992). Bennett, Lola (ed.). Hayden Bridge (PDF) (Report). Washington, DC: Historic American Engineering Record. Survey number: OR-19.

Further reading
  • Polley, Louis E. (1984). A history of the Mohawk Valley and early lumbering. Marcola, Oregon: Polley Pub. ISBN 0916930092.
  • Velasco, Dorothy (1985). Lane County: An Illustrated History of the Emerald Empire. Windsor Pubns. ISBN 0897811402.
  • Polley, Louis E. (1989). Wendling, Oregon Logging Camps 1898-1945: Polley Pub. ASIN B006YXHNG6
  • KRACHT, SHANNON. "Wendling, a Company Town," Lane County Historian 20 (1975): 3-16.


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