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Earl

Ghost town · Lane County, Oregon

Goodwin Peak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500)
Goodwin Peak quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1943, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Earl is a ghost town in Lane County, Oregon. It is one of 20 former communities in Lane County on the federal names register. No county in Oregon has more among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Earl as a historical populated place on the Baldy Mountain topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 43.9418° N, 123.8757° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleBaldy Mountain
Elevation657 ft
Nearest living townMapleton, OR
Distance to it6.4 miles
GNIS feature ID1153678
Coordinates43.94179, -123.87566

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What's there now

Earl is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Mapleton, OR (population 527), about 6.4 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 657 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Earl?

Earl is in Lane County, Oregon, at 43.9418, -123.8757.

How many ghost towns are in Lane County?

Lane County, Oregon has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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