Dixie, Washington County, Oregon

Coordinates: 45°43′49″N 123°00′19″W / 45.730391°N 123.005385°W

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Dixie is an unincorporated historic community in Washington County, Oregon, United States.^[1] Dixie post office was established five or six miles southwest of Scappoose in 1887, with John Dix as the first postmaster.^[2] The office was named for the Dix family and not for the U.S. South.^[2] The office closed in 1924, but when real estate was being sold in the area in 1933, a name for the locality was needed for marketing reasons.^[2] When a vote was held at a community picnic circa 1936 or 1937, 80 of the attendees chose the name "Dixie" to commemorate the former post office and its postmaster.^[2]

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^ "Dixie (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved March 5, 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 293–294. ISBN 978-0875952772.

45°43′49″N 123°00′19″W / 45.730391°N 123.005385°W / 45.730391; -123.005385

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