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1921 Map of Cottage Grove

Name: 1921 Topographic Map of Cottage Grove
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1947
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1947

About this map

Cottage Grove serves as the focal point for this survey, situated where Silk Creek and the Coast Fork Willamette River converge. The landscape is defined by its early 20th-century transportation and industrial networks, notably featuring the Southern Pacific line and the Oregon Pacific and Eastern Ry extending eastward. A unique industrial feature, the Flume Line, follows the terrain near Veatch Creek, hinting at the timber and resource extraction vital to the Lane County economy at this time.

Rural life is documented through established small communities such as Saginaw, Walker, and Lorane, alongside localized education centers like Spencer Creek School, La Blue School, and Green Door School. The topographic detail traces the divide between the Willamette and Siuslaw watersheds, marking the transition from the Camas Swale and Creswell Butte in the north toward the Lane and Douglas County line at the southern boundary.