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2410460 [3] Website. www .eugene-or .gov. Eugene ( / juːˈdʒiːn / yoo-JEEN) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about 50 miles (80 km) east of the Oregon Coast. [9]
Lane County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 382,971, [2] making it the fourth-most populous county in Oregon. The county seat is Eugene, the state's second most populous city. [3] It is named in honor of Joseph Lane, Oregon's first territorial governor.
Lane County: 039: Eugene: 1851: Southern part of Linn County and the portion of Benton County east of Umpqua County: Named in honor of Gen. Joseph Lane (1801–1881), the first governor of Oregon Territory. 381,181: 4,554 sq mi (11,795 km 2) Lincoln County: 041: Newport: 1893: Western portion of Benton County and Polk County
Willamette River. Willamette Valley basin. The Willamette Valley ( / wɪˈlæmɪt / ⓘ wil-AM-it) is a 150-mile (240 km) long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the east, the Oregon ...
The University of Oregon ( UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, [8] the university also has two Portland locations, and manages a marine station, called the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, in Charleston; and an observatory, called Pine Mountain Observatory, in Central Oregon .
Deschutes County ( / dəˈʃuːts / də-SHOOTS) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 198,253. [1] The county seat is Bend. [2] The county was created in 1916 out of part of Crook County and was named for the Deschutes River, which itself was named by French-Canadian trappers of the ...
Lane County History Museum, located on the county fairgrounds in Lane County in Eugene, Oregon, United States, has ongoing exhibits on the Oregon Trail, the county courthouse, historic vehicles, selections of artifacts from across the county, and photographs. [1] The museum also provides research materials by appointment in their closed stack ...
Eugene Airport. / 44.12306°N 123.21861°W / 44.12306; -123.21861. Eugene Airport ( IATA: EUG, ICAO: KEUG, FAA LID: EUG ), also known as Mahlon Sweet Field, is a public airport 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Eugene, in Lane County, Oregon, United States. Owned and operated by the City of Eugene, it is the fifth-largest airport in the ...