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Welcome to McCredie Springs ...

McCredie Springs is located in Lane County<1>.


The location of McCredie Springs has been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (ie- the GNIS).<2>


While we don't have a date for the founding of McCredie Springs, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1926.

A typical abbreviation for McCredie Springs: McCredie Spgs. (or less commonly used: McCredie Spngs. or McCredie Sprngs.)

McCredie Springs is 2,060 feet [628 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: McCredie Springs lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area codes for McCredie Springs: (541) and (458)<4>

Communities near McCredie Springs ...

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

  • Oakridge
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Oakridge have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Oakridge
    • Oakridge is located in Lane County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 3,384 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Oakridge <5>
  • Westfir
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
  • Willamette City
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Willamette City have been provided by the GNIS.<2> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willamette City
    • Willamette City is located in Lane County
  • Crescent Lake
    (21 miles [33.8 km] to the southeast)
  • Culp Creek
    (27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
  • Dorena ‑ Historic
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the west)
  • Lowell
    (28 miles [45.1 km] to the northwest)
  • Finn Rock
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
  • Unity
    (29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
  • Blue River
    (30 miles [48.3 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

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

We're compiling a list of cemeteries that are in the area around McCredie Springs. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for McCredie Springs.

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for McCredie Springs ...

Looking for more information about McCredie Springs? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to McCredie Springs, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for McCredie Springs.

Adding McCredie Springs to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of McCredie Springs in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for McCredie Springs was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<6>

From that list, the McCredie Springs post office opened in 1926.

For more details, see References and Mentions for McCredie Springs.

Unfortunately, we don't know of a website for McCredie Springs. If you can help, please contact us through our Feedback Page.

The official website for Lane County: www.lanecounty.org/

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

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Lane, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>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.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around McCredie Springs - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>Area code (458) is an overlay for area code (541).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<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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