Milo is an
unincorporated community
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in
Douglas County,
Oregon
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, United States, about east of
Canyonville on the
South Umpqua River.
Milo post office was established in 1923; Cora E. Buker was the first postmaster.
It was named for
Milo, Maine, the hometown of Amos O. Buker, who was the husband of Cora.
[ Originally the post office at this locale was named "Perdue", named after John Perdue, Sr., who was also its first postmaster.][ It was originally at the confluence of the South Umpqua River and Elk Creek—which today is the location of ]Tiller
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—and the office was first called "Elk Creek".[ Elk Creek post office was founded in 1877.][ Perdue took over as postmaster of the Elk Creek post office on June 11, 1884 and on August 22, the name was changed to Perdue.][ At the same time the office was moved to the current location of Milo.][ The office was closed in 1920 when no one could be found to replace then-postmaster Amos Buker, who was fired after he had acted against postal regulations by working as a ]United States Census
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enumerator.[ Today Milo has a Days Creek mailing address.][Note: ZIP Code 97429.]
Oregon's only steel bridge capped with a covered bridge structure crosses the South Umpqua River in Milo.[ The bridge is on the ]National Register of Historic Places
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.
References
External links
Historic images of Milo
from Salem Public Library
Image of Milo Academy Bridge
from the Oregon State Archives
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Unincorporated communities in Douglas County, Oregon
1923 establishments in Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon