Welcome to Derby ...

So far, we found very little information about Derby. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Derby to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Derby, please Contact Us.

Derby would have been located within present day Jackson County<2>.

The location of Derby has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<3>

While we don't have a date for the founding of Derby, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1892.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Derby is 1,880 feet [573 m] above sea level.<4>.

Time Zone: The area where Derby was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

If Derby still existed, it would have been in the (541) and (458)<5> area codes.

Websites for Derby ...

Junior League:   www.jlojc.com/

Communities Also Named Derby ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 28 communities that are also named Derby - they are located in Alabama, Colorado (2), Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois (2), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi (2), Missouri, Nevada, New Brunswick, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Prince Edward Island, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia (2) and Wyoming.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Derby.

Communities near Derby ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Derby.

• Medford
  (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Medford
  • Medford is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 83,412 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Medford <6>
• Central Point
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Central Point have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Central Point
  • Central Point is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 19,117 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Central Point <6>
• Eagle Point
  (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eagle Point
  • Eagle Point is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 9,656 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Eagle Point <6>
• Shady Cove
  (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Shady Cove have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Shady Cove
  • Shady Cove is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,119 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Shady Cove <6>
• Butte Falls
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the east)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Butte Falls have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Butte Falls
  • Butte Falls is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 457 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Butte Falls <6>
• Brownsboro
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Brownsboro have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
  • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
• Trail
  (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Trail
  • Trail is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Trail <6>
• White City
  (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for White City have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for White City
  • White City is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for White City <6>
• Sams Valley
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southwest)
  • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Sams Valley have been provided by the GNIS.<3> The coordinates still need to be verified.
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sams Valley
  • Sams Valley is located in Jackson County
• Prospect
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Prospect
  • Prospect is located in Jackson County
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Prospect <6>

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Derby. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Derby.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Derby. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Derby.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Derby. See our Newspapers Page for Derby.

Adding Derby to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Derby in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Derby was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Derby post office opened in 1892.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Derby.

Off-the-Road Links ...

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/