Evansville
Ghost town · Linn County, Oregon

Evansville is a ghost town in Linn County, Oregon. It is one of 9 former communities in Linn County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 10th among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.
The U.S. Geological Survey lists Evansville as a historical populated place on the Lebanon 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 44.5237° N, 122.9009° W.
Key facts
| USGS quadrangle | Lebanon |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 359 ft |
| Nearest living town | Lebanon, OR |
| Distance to it | 0.6 miles |
| GNIS feature ID | 1637795 |
| Coordinates | 44.52373, -122.90092 |
What's there now
Evansville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lebanon, OR (population 18,978), about 0.6 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 359 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.
Nearby places
- Centralghost town · Linn County · 8.2 mi
- Hoffman Bridgecovered bridge · Linn County · 9 mi
- Dotyvilleghost town · Linn County · 10.2 mi
- Larwood Bridgecovered bridge · Linn County · 10.8 mi
- Gilkey Bridgecovered bridge · Linn County · 11.4 mi
- Crawfordsville Bridgecovered bridge · Linn County · 11.7 mi
- Weddle Bridgecovered bridge · Linn County · 12.5 mi
- Union Pointghost town · Linn County · 12.8 mi
- Shimanek Bridgecovered bridge · Linn County · 14.1 mi
- Orleansghost town · Linn County · 14.6 mi
- Shelburnghost town · Linn County · 14.8 mi
- Hannah Bridgecovered bridge · Linn County · 15.8 mi
Questions
Where is Evansville?
Evansville is in Linn County, Oregon, at 44.5237, -122.9009.
How many ghost towns are in Linn County?
Linn County, Oregon has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.
- USGS Geographic Names Information System (Domestic Names) — GNIS Domestic Names, feature record (public-domain)
- U.S. Census Bureau TIGER/Line and ACS — Census Gazetteer + ACS 5-year population (public-domain)
Facts marked "approximately" carry an uncertain date in the source. Text on this page is generated from the sources above; no encyclopedia prose is copied. Last updated 2026-11-05.