Chemawa
Chemawa was an unincorporated community north of Salem, Oregon, in Marion County in the United States. Chemawa was also the name of a station on the Southern Pacific railroad, originally the Oregon Electric Railway. Chemawa Indian School was named after the Chemawa post office at this locale.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: human settlement in Oregon, United States of America
- Also known as: “Chemawa, OR” and “Chemawa, Oregon”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Chemawa Indian School and Roto-Rooter Park.
Chemawa Indian School
School
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Chemawa Indian School is a Native American boarding school in Salem, Oregon, United States. Named after the Chemawa band of the Kalapuya people of the Willamette Valley, it opened on February 25, 1880 as an elementary school.
Roto-Rooter Park
Stadium
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Roto-Rooter Park is a minor league baseball park in the northwest United States, located in Keizer, Oregon. It is the home field of the Mavericks Independent Baseball League, including the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, formerly the Class A Short Season affiliate of the San Francisco Giants in the Northwest League.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Keizer and Brooks.
Keizer
Town
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Keizer is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, along the 45th parallel. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 39,376, making it the 14th most populous city in Oregon. Keizer is situated 1½ miles west of Chemawa.
Brooks
Village
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Brooks is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marion County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 472, up from 398 in 2010. Brooks is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area. Brooks is situated 3½ miles northeast of Chemawa.
Salem
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Salem, the capital of Oregon, is located in the Willamette Valley between Portland and Eugene. It is also the county seat of Marion County. Salem was established in the early 1800s as a farming community.
Chemawa
- Categories: unincorporated community in the United States and locality
- Location: Marion, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
45.00151° or 45° 0′ 5″ northLongitude
-122.9926° or 122° 59′ 33″ westElevation
164 feet (50 metres)Open location code
84QV2224+JXOpenStreetMap ID
node 150953911OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Chemawa” goes by many names.
- French: “Chemawa”
- Irish: “Chemawa”
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Notable Places Nearby
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