Sams Valley, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Sams Valley is located in Oregon
Sams Valley
Sams Valley
Sams Valley is located in the United States
Sams Valley
Sams Valley
Coordinates: 42°29′30″N 122°58′27″W / 42.49167°N 122.97417°W / 42.49167; -122.97417
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyJackson
Elevation
1,273 ft (388 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97525
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1126544[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

Sams Valley is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.[1] It lies along Oregon Route 234 northeast of Gold Hill, in the Medford area.[2]

Originally named "Moonville",[3] the community takes its name from a valley that was named after Chief Sam of the Rogue River tribe of Native Americans.[4][5] Sams Valley had its own post office from 1873 until 1953.[4] Today, the communities of Beagle, Antioch, and Table Rock are all considered part of Sams Valley.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Sams Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 20, 1980. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. 1 2 Fattig, Paul (September 19, 1999). "Speaking up for Sams Valley". Mail Tribune.
  4. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 844. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  5. ↑ "Jackson County Place Names Database". Jackson County Genealogy Library. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2019.


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