London Springs, Oregon | |
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Coordinates: 43°37′54″N 123°5′28″W / 43.63167°N 123.09111°W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Lane |
Elevation | 896 ft (273 m) |
Time zone | UTC−08:00 ( Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
ZIP Code | 97424 |
Area code(s) | 458 and 541 |
GNIS feature ID | 1123364 |
London Springs is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It lies 11.33 miles (18.23 km) south-southwest of Cottage Grove at an elevation of 896 feet (273 m). [1] London Springs is near the Coast Fork Willamette River, south of Cottage Grove Lake.
The unincorporated community of London is less than a mile from London Springs. [2] London post office ran from 1902 until 1919. [3] The office was formerly named "Amos" and was located two miles south of London, on a tributary of the Coast Fork Willamette River. [3] [4] Amos post office was founded in 1898 and ran until its move to London. [3] It was named for John Amos Sutherland, son of postmaster John Sutherland. [3] Levi Geer developed a mineral spring here, and it is unknown why he named the place "London", but when the post office moved to the community, it was renamed after the new location. [3] Geer and Sutherland operated a general store in which the post office was located for a time. [3]
Geer opened the Calapooya Mineral Springs Hotel in London in 1904. [5]
Territorial Seed Company has a 44-acre (18 ha) trial ground and organic research farm in London Springs. [6]
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, London Springs has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. [7]