Welcome to Etna ...

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

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

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

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

While we don't have a date for the founding of Etna, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1882.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Etna is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The location where Etna once stood is in the (541) & (458)<5> area codes.

Websites for Etna ...

Junior League:   www.jlojc.com/

Communities Also Named Etna ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 30 communities that are also named Etna - they are located in Arkansas, California, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana (2), Nebraska, Nevada (2), New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee (2), Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

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

Communities near Etna ...

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

• Medford
  (18 miles [29 km] to the south)
  • 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
  (15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
  • 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
  (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • 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>
• Gold Hill
  (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gold Hill
  • Gold Hill is located in Jackson County
  • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,297 people
  • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gold Hill <6>
• Butte Falls
  (13 miles [20.9 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
  (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • 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
• Sams Valley
  (10 miles [16.1 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
• White City
  (11 miles [17.7 km] to the south)
  • 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>
• Wimer
  (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wimer
  • Wimer is located in Jackson County
• Prospect
  (19 miles [30.6 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 Etna. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Etna.

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

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

Adding Etna to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Etna 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 Etna was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

From that list, the Etna post office opened in 1882.

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

For more details, see References and Mentions for Etna.

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/