Shaw is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 214. [1]
Shaw was a station in the Waldo Hills between Macleay and Aumsville on the Oregonian Railway (later the Southern Pacific Railroad and today the Willamette Valley Railway). [2] [3] In 1881 the station was named "Waldo Hills" but the name was changed to "Shaw" in 1891 to match the post office. [4]
Shaw post office was established in 1887 and named for Angus Shaw, the first postmaster. [4] Shaw was from Ontario, Canada and settled in the area 1876. [4] The post office closed in 1937. [4]
In 1915 Shaw had two grain mills, which no longer exist. [2] As of 2005, Shaw had 18 dwellings, a machine shop, a general store building, a warehouse and a church. [5]
The Shaw area was settled by pioneer Daniel Waldo in the 1840s. [6]
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