Fall Creek, Oregon

Fall Creek is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, southeast of Eugene/Springfield. Nearby communities include Dexter to the south, Lowell to the southeast, and Jasper to the northwest.

The locale was named for Fall Creek, a stream originating in Willamette National Forest and flowing into the Middle Fork Willamette River just below the community. Fall Creek Lake lies upstream on Fall Creek. There is no reservoir on Little Fall Creek.

Fall Creek

Fall Creek is in the zip code 97438.

Covered bridges

The Pengra Bridge, a covered bridge built in 1938, is about 1 mile (2 km) west of Fall Creek, while the Unity covered bridge (1936) is about 2 miles (3 km) to the southeast. Lane County has the largest number of covered bridges in Oregon, and several others are within a short distance of Fall Creek.

Population

According to the 2000 Census, there were 779 males and 774 females in Fall Creek. Of the total population of 1553, there were 1461 Whites, 6 Blacks, 6 Asians, and 6 Pacific Islanders, 8 Native Americans, and 66 people of two or more races.

References

2000 census data

Municipalities and communities of Lane County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Eugene

Cities	Coburg Cottage Grove Creswell Dunes City Eugene Florence Junction City Lowell Oakridge Springfield Veneta Westfir

Unincorporated communities	Alma Alpha Alvadore Belknap Springs Blachly Blue River Brickerville Cheshire Cloverdale Crow Culp Creek Cushman Deadwood Deerhorn Dexter Disston Dorena Elmira Fall Creek Finn Rock Flagg Franklin Gillespie Corners Glenada Glenwood Globe Goldson Goshen Greenleaf Hampton Heceta Beach Horton Indiola Jasper Lancaster Latham Leaburg Linslaw London Springs Lorane Low Pass Mabel Mapleton Marcola McCredie Springs McKenzie Bridge Minerva Mohawk Nimrod North Beach Noti Paris Pawn Penn Pleasant Hill Rainbow Riverview Saginaw Searose Beach Siltcoos Swisshome Tide Tiernan Triangle Lake Unity Vaughn Vida Walden Walker Walterville Walton Wendling Westlake

Ghost towns	Divide Luper Malabon Yarnell

Coordinates: 43°57′35″N 122°49′09″W / 43.95972°N 122.81917°W / 43.95972; -122.81917

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