Vaughn, Oregon facts for kids
Vaughn is a small, unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. An unincorporated community is a place that doesn't have its own local government. Vaughn is located about 4 miles (6.4 km) south of Noti. It sits in the lower hills of the Central Oregon Coast Range, close to Noti Creek. One writer, Ralph Friedman, once called Vaughn "a mill in the meadows," because it was known for its lumber mills.
How Vaughn Began
Vaughn was first started in the 1920s by the Snellstrom Brothers Lumber Company. It was built as a company town. This means the town was owned by the company, and most people living there worked for the lumber mill.
Later, a bigger company called the Long-Bell Lumber Company took over Vaughn. In the mid-1950s, International Paper (IP) bought the town.
Vaughn is also near a railroad line called the Coos Bay Rail Link. This railroad used to be part of the Southern Pacific Railroad. On old maps from 1930, Vaughn is shown on land owned by someone named Roland Vaughn. The railroad track makes a big horseshoe bend and actually goes around the main part of the community. Because of this, the train station for Vaughn is about a mile west of the town itself.
Lumber Mills Today
Today, Vaughn is still a place where wood products are made. It is home to a special plant that makes laminated beams. These are strong wooden beams made by gluing many layers of wood together. The plant is owned by the Rosboro Lumber Company. They bought it from Weyerhaeuser in 2005.
The beam plant was first built in 1988 by a company called Bohemia, Inc.. Bohemia also used to run a plywood plant in Vaughn. They bought this plant from International Paper in 1982 after IP had closed it down. Bohemia reopened the plywood mill in 1983. However, the plywood plant had to close for a short time in 1985 after part of its roof fell in.
