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Welcome to Ale ...

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

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

Ale would have been located within present day Marion County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Ale, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1888.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Ale is 400 feet [122 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

Communities near Ale ...

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

  • Salem
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Salem
    • Salem is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 175,891 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Salem <4>
  • Albany
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Keizer
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keizer have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keizer
    • Keizer is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 39,593 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Keizer <4>
  • Lebanon
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Independence
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Silverton
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Silverton have been provided by the GNIS.<5> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Silverton
    • Silverton is located in Marion County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 10,617 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Silverton <4>
  • Monmouth
    (18 miles [29 km] to the west)
  • Aumsville
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
  • Mount Angel
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the north)
  • Jefferson
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southwest)

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 Ale. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Ale.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Ale. 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 Ale.

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

Adding Ale to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Ale 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 Ale was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

X2X - From that list, the Ale post office opened in 1888.

We also found Ale in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Ale.

The official website for Marion County: www.co.marion.or.us/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Ale, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Marion, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Ale - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<6>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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