Soap Creek Valley · Place

Philomath

Everything the Soap Creek narrators said about Philomath: 38 transcript mentions across 11 records, grouped by who was speaking.

city Coordinate: derived — matched by name against a public place-name list

Also printed as: Philomath, Oregon

Index references (printed indexes): 0
Transcript mentions: 38

These two numbers count different things and rarely match. The first is how often the back-of-book indexes the books themselves print point at this place; an indexer chose those. The second is how often the name occurs in the transcript text, counted by machine. More on the difference.

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Provenance

Coordinates: 44.54000, -123.36761
How they were found: coordinate from OpenStreetMap Nominatim; name match verified
How far to trust it: derived — matched by name against a public place-name list
Built from: The printed transcripts and back-of-book indexes of the fifteen monographs
Accessioned: From Bob Zybach’s upload, 23 August 2026

Who speaks of it

Auto Tour, 1989 written by Bob Zybach — Auto Tour, 1989 p. 31
Bessie Murphy in #11 Bessie Murphy p. 32, p. 33, p. 50, p. 105
Charlie Olson and Mrs. Olson in #7 Charlie Olson p. 29, p. 83, p. 88, p. 144, p. 146, p. 153, p. 154, p. 170
Edward Sekermestrovich in #4 Edward Sekermestrovich p. 37
Eugene Glender in #9 Eugene Glender p. 44
Marvin Rowley in #15 Marvin Rowley p. 14, p. 44, p. 72, p. 102, p. 109
Neil Elton Vanderburg in #8 Neil Vanderburg p. 6, p. 89, p. 104, p. 111, p. 113
Paul M. Dunn in #2 Paul M. Dunn p. 10, p. 35, p. 36
Velma Carter Rawie in #10 Velma Carter Rawie p. 42
William A. Davies in #13 WILLIAM A. DAVIES p. 44
Zybach 1999 thesis written by Bob Zybach — Zybach 1999 thesis p. 82, p. 137, p. 211, p. 213, p. 222, p. 224, p. 229, p. 230

In their words

Quoted character for character from the printed page, with the page it is on.

Then subsequently the program was enlarged as interest and income grew, and the present facility down at the end of 30th and Philomath Road [Western Avenue in 1990] was established.

Paul M. Dunn, #2 Paul M. Dunn , p. 10

I went out 54th and over on the old Philomath Road about a mile or so.

Neil Elton Vanderburg, #8 Neil Vanderburg , p. 113

Dated statements about this place

1929 — In 1929 a young fellow started a school bus from Summit to Philomath for high school kids but he drove it into the garage where he got it and disappeared when there was 3 months left of school. Charlie Olson · source · 1921–1940
1964 — This was in use until the State Forestry Department moved from Peavy Arboretum to Philomath in 1964. Marvin Rowley · source · 1951–1970
1964 — When the State Forestry Department Office moved from Peavy Arboretum to Philomath in 1964, they moved the building they used as an office with them to Philomath. Marvin Rowley · source · 1951–1970
1990 — Then subsequently the program was enlarged as interest and income grew, and the present facility down at the end of 30th and Philomath Road [Western Avenue in 1990] was established. Paul M. Dunn · source · 1971–1995

How to cite this item

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As printed: The Zybach Collection, Soap Creek Valley series: Philomath (place record).
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