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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>.



Google driving directions from your current location to Etna

The location of Etna has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (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 Area Codes where Etna was located: 541 & 458<5>

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)
  • Central Point
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the south)
  • Eagle Point
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the south)
  • Gold Hill
    (16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
  • 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: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Brownsboro. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Brownsboro
    • Brownsboro is located in Jackson County
  • Sams Valley
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Sams Valley. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • 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
  • Rock Point ‑ Historic
    (18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Rock Point. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<7>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Point
    • Rock Point is located in Jackson County

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.<8>

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.

The official website for Jackson County: www.co.jackson.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 Etna, 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 Jackson, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>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.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Etna - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>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 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Etna area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Etna area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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.
<8>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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