Sams Valley, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

42°29′30″N 122°58′27″W / 42.49167°N 122.97417°W / 42.49167; -122.97417CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyJacksonElevation

1,273 ft (388 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)ZIP code

97525

Area code(s)458 and 541GNIS 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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Sams Valley". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 20, 1980. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
^ ^a ^b Fattig, Paul (September 19, 1999). "Speaking up for Sams Valley". Mail Tribune.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Jackson County Place Names Database". Jackson County Genealogy Library. Archived from the original on October 4, 2018. Retrieved May 29, 2019.