Cushman was a station on the Coos Bay Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad (today the Coos Bay Rail Link), named for local residents C. C. and I. B. Cushman.[3] It was a mile east of the community of Acme, but the railroad already had a station named Acme, so the name "Cushman" was chosen instead.[3] The post office was moved from Acme in 1916 and renamed to match the station; it closed in 1961.[3]
Cushman has a historic store that was built in 1889 and expanded in 1925, and there is a swing span railroad bridge across the river there.[4][5] The bridge opened to allow ocean-going barges to reach a now-closed sawmill in Mapleton.[6][7] In 1940, Cushman had a population of 145 and a full-service port.[8] At that time the hills above the community produced Port Orford-cedar, a large evergreen coniferous tree native to the region, but by 1990, this resource was depleted and the port no longer served ocean-going vessels.[4]
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^ abcU.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Cushman, Oregon
cushman, oregon, cushman, unincorporated, community, lane, county, oregon, united, states, located, north, bank, siuslaw, river, oregon, route, between, tiernan, florence, unincorporated, communitycushman, storecushmanshow, oregoncushmanshow, united, statescoo. Cushman is an unincorporated community in Lane County Oregon United States 1 It is located on the north bank of the Siuslaw River on Oregon Route 126 between Tiernan and Florence 2 Cushman OregonUnincorporated communityCushman StoreCushmanShow map of OregonCushmanShow map of the United StatesCoordinates 43 59 08 N 124 02 39 W 43 98556 N 124 04417 W 43 98556 124 04417CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyLaneNamed forlocal residents C C and I B CushmanElevation 1 13 ft 4 m Time zoneUTC 8 PST Summer DST UTC 7 PDT Area code541GNIS feature ID1140573 1 Cushman was a station on the Coos Bay Branch of the Southern Pacific Railroad today the Coos Bay Rail Link named for local residents C C and I B Cushman 3 It was a mile east of the community of Acme but the railroad already had a station named Acme so the name Cushman was chosen instead 3 The post office was moved from Acme in 1916 and renamed to match the station it closed in 1961 3 Cushman has a historic store that was built in 1889 and expanded in 1925 and there is a swing span railroad bridge across the river there 4 5 The bridge opened to allow ocean going barges to reach a now closed sawmill in Mapleton 6 7 In 1940 Cushman had a population of 145 and a full service port 8 At that time the hills above the community produced Port Orford cedar a large evergreen coniferous tree native to the region but by 1990 this resource was depleted and the port no longer served ocean going vessels 4 References edit a b c U S Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System Cushman Oregon Oregon Atlas amp Gazetteer 7th ed Yarmouth Maine DeLorme 2008 p 38 ISBN 978 0 89933 347 2 a b c McArthur Lewis A McArthur Lewis L 2003 1928 Oregon Geographic Names 7th ed Portland Oregon Oregon Historical Society Press pp 262 263 ISBN 978 0875952772 a b Friedman Ralph 1990 In Search of Western Oregon 2nd ed Caldwell Idaho The Caxton Printers Ltd p 213 ISBN 0 87004 332 3 Unincorporated Rural Community of Cushman Developed and Committed Exception Area No 039 3 PDF Lane County Oregon Archived from the original PDF on July 13 2011 Retrieved January 5 2010 Friedman Ralph 1993 1972 Oregon for the Curious 3rd ed Portland Oregon Pars Publishing Company p 46 ISBN 0 87004 222 X Davidson to close Oregon sawmill Portland Business Journal February 4 2004 Retrieved January 5 2010 Writers Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon 1940 Oregon End of the Trail American Guide Series Portland Oregon Binfords amp Mort p 351 OCLC 4874569 External links editImage of railroad bridge at Cushman from Panoramio Oregon 126 road cam at Cushman from Oregon Department of Transportation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cushman Oregon amp oldid 1186275260, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
