Derry is an unincorporated locale in Polk County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 10 miles west of Salem and one mile east of Rickreall.[2]
Derry was originally a station on the Southern Pacific line (now the Portland and Western).[3] Local resident James Nesmith named it for Derry, New Hampshire, where his family once lived.[3] In 1912, The Oregonian reported on an unsuccessful effort to change the name of the station to Loganberry.[3] Just southeast of Derry there was a station on the Salem, Falls City and Western Railway named Derry Orchard.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Derry". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 33. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 281. ISBN 978-0875952772.
External links[edit]
- Historic images of Derry from Salem Public Library
- Images of Derry from Flickr
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44°55′47″N 123°12′47″W / 44.9298407°N 123.2131560°W