Tallman is a ghost town in Linn County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It is located northwest of Lebanon.[2]

History edit

A post office was established at Tallman in 1886, and remained in operation until 1923.[3] The community's name honored James Tallman, a pioneer settler.[4] Tallman was a station on the Red Electric interurban railroad. A previous Oregonian Railway station at this location was named Lebanon Junction.[5] Tallman was near the junction of the Southern Pacific's East Side and Lebanon Branches.[6] Today the East Side Line has been abandoned and the Lebanon Branch is owned by the Albany and Eastern Railroad.[7]

References edit

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tallman (historical)
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 34. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. ^ "Linn County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved 1 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Historical scrapbook". The Times. Mar 10, 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 29 October 2015.
  5. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 934. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  6. ^ "Town Histories". Linn County Roots. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
  7. ^ "The Oregonian Railway". Abandonedrails.com. Retrieved November 3, 2015.

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44°33′54″N 122°58′06″W / 44.5651228°N 122.9684240°W / 44.5651228; -122.9684240