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Mercer

Ghost town · Lane County, Oregon

Heceta Head quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1920, 1:62,500)
Heceta Head quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1920, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Mercer 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 Mercer as a historical populated place on the Mercer Lake 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 44.0665° N, 124.0707° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMercer Lake
Elevation178 ft
Nearest living townHeceta Beach, OR
Distance to it3.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1154787
Coordinates44.06651, -124.07067

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What's there now

Mercer is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Heceta Beach, OR (population 2,220), about 3.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 178 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 Mercer?

Mercer is in Lane County, Oregon, at 44.0665, -124.0707.

How many ghost towns are in Lane County?

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

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