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Colestin, Oregon

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596: 50: 80: 863: 87: 57: 286:. After selling his interest in the station in 1859, Byron Cole acquired land and a mineral spring further north. In 1883, anticipating completion of a railroad between the two states, he built a hotel at the site. In August that year, a post office was established there and named 927: 309:
line, which had extended as far south as Ashland by 1884. The SP then completed the line, connecting it to existing SP tracks in northern California. A railway timetable from that era lists
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straddling the Oregon–California border and established a stagecoach station called
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The community is named after Byron Cole, who with his brother settled a
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The change in the post office name was preceded by construction of a
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and Cole the second. In 1892, the post office name was changed to
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Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States
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via Mount Ashland Road. Colestin is adjacent to part of the
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Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Oregon
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Unincorporated community
Colestin is located in Oregon
Colestin is located in the United States
42°03′11″N 122°39′04″W / 42.05306°N 122.65111°W / 42.05306; -122.65111
Country
State
Oregon
County
Jackson
Time zone
UTC-8
Pacific (PST)
DST
UTC-7
GNIS
Geographic Names Information System
unincorporated community
Jackson County
Oregon
Siskiyou Pass
Ashland
Interstate 5
Klamath National Forest
Siskiyou Mountains
donation land claim
postmaster
Southern Pacific
Oregon and California Railroad
Hornbrook

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