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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
Oregon ( / ˈɒrɪɡən, - ɡɒn / ⓘ ORR-ih-ghən, -gon) [7] [8] is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Oregon is a part of the Western United States, with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho.
Website. www .uoregon .edu. 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 ...
Separated from Eugene to the west, mainly by Interstate 5, Springfield is the second-most populous city in the metropolitan area after Eugene. As of the 2020 census, the city has a total population of 61,851, making it the 9th most populous city in Oregon . The Briggs family first settled the Springfield area, arriving in 1848.
Lane County Fair is a fair that is held in the middle of the summer every year, at Eugene, Oregon, and it features cuisine, entertainment, and music. Excellent family entertainment, cuisine, and artwork can be found at the Lane County Fair. [1] A Lane County Agricultural Society was established in 1858, and on October 9, it hosted its inaugural ...
Santa Clara is a community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, part of which is a neighborhood of the city of Eugene, but most of which is an unincorporated area. Prior to a number of partial annexations by the city between 1990 and 2005, [citation needed] Santa Clara was an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lane County ...