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Welcome to Cochrane ...

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

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

Cochrane would have been located within present day Polk County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cochrane, you might get a feel for it by knowing that the earliest mention that we've found (so far) was in a book dated 1895.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Cochrane is 200 feet [61 m] above sea level.<3>.

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

The Area Codes where Cochrane was located: 503 & 971<4>

Communities Also Named Cochrane ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 6 communities that are also named Cochrane - they are located in Alabama, Alberta, California, Kansas, Ontario and Wisconsin.

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

Communities near Cochrane ...

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

  • Salem
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • 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 <5>
  • Albany
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Keizer
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the northeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Keizer have been provided by the GNIS.<6> 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 <5>
  • Dallas
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
  • Independence
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Sheridan
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Aumsville
    (18 miles [29 km] to the east)
  • Jefferson
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Millersburg
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Millersburg. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Millersburg
    • Millersburg is located in Linn County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,757 people
  • Willamina
    (18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)

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

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

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

Adding Cochrane to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cochrane 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 Cochrane was in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cochrane.

The official website for Polk County: www.co.polk.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 Cochrane, 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 Polk, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cochrane - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Cochrane area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Cochrane area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>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.
<7>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.




 

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