Ladd Hill is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.
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Butteville is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Marion County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 273. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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Champoeg Creek is a tributary, roughly 6 miles long, of the Willamette River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The creek is formed by the confluence of its two forks in the French Prairie region of the Willamette Valley and flows generally northeast to meet the Willamette 45 miles from the river's confluence with the Columbia River. Its course lies entirely in Marion County.
The name "Champoeg" comes from the Kalapuyan word [čʰámpuik], which might be an abbreviation of [čʰa-čʰíma-púičuk], referring to the edible root [púičuk], or yampa.
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Mission Creek is a tributary, roughly 9 miles long, of Champoeg Creek in Marion County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The creek arises southwest of St. Paul in the French Prairie region of the Willamette Valley and flows generally northeast to meet Champoeg Creek near Champoeg. The combined streams then flow less than 1 mile before entering the Willamette River, 45 miles from its confluence with the Columbia River.
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The Newell Pioneer Village which includes the Newell House Museum, is located in Champoeg, Oregon, United States. Built by Oregon politician Dr. Robert Newell in 1852, the house was acquired in 1952 by the Oregon State Society, Daughters of the American Revolution. The house was reconstructed and opened as a museum in 1959.
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Champoeg is a former town in the U.S. state of Oregon. Now a ghost town, it was an important settlement in the Willamette Valley in the early 1840s. Located halfway between Oregon City and Salem, it was the site of the first provisional government of the Oregon Country.
The town site is on the south bank of the Willamette River in northern Marion County, on French Prairie, approximately 5 mi southeast of Newberg. The town is now part of Champoeg State Heritage Area, an Oregon state park. The Champoeg State Park Historic Archeological District is within the heritage area.
The name "Champoeg" comes from the Kalapuyan word [čʰámpuik], which might be an abbreviation of [čʰa-čʰíma-púičuk], referring to the edible root [púičuk], or yampa.