Dead River

The Dead River is a short tributary of the Willamette River east of Corvallis in the U.S. state of Oregon. It begins at the lower end of Colorado Lake in Linn County and flows generally east along the south side of Truax Island, which separates the Dead River from the main stem Willamette.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Childrens Farm Home.

Childrens Farm Home

School

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The Children's Farm Home School is a former school building on U.S. Route 20 in Oregon between Corvallis and Albany; it is located on a 300-acre campus now owned by Trillium Family Services. Childrens Farm Home is situated 2 miles northwest of Dead River.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lewisburg and Corvallis.

Lewisburg

Hamlet

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Lewisburg is an unincorporated community in Benton County, Oregon, United States. The center of Lewisburg lies at the intersection of Oregon Route 99W and Lewisburg Avenue at the northeastern corner of Corvallis. Lewisburg is situated 4 miles northwest of Dead River.

Corvallis

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Corvallis is a city of 61,000 people and serves as the Benton County seat in the state of Oregon and the home of Oregon State University, the state's oldest public higher education institution.

Tangent

Village

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Tangent is a city in Linn County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,231 at the 2020 census. Tangent was the site of a railway station on the Southern Pacific line south of Albany. Tangent is situated 4½ miles southeast of Dead River.

Dead River

Type: Stream
Description: river in Oregon, United States
Categories: river and body of water
Location: Linn, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.58651° or 44° 35′ 11″ north

Longitude

-123.18426° or 123° 11′ 3″ west

Elevation

197 feet (60 metres)

Open location code

84PRHRP8+J7

GeoNames ID

5722411

Wikidata ID

Q5245377

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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Welsh—“Dead River” goes by many names.

Catalan: “Dead”
Cebuano: “Dead River”
Dutch: “Dead River”
Irish: “Abhainn Dead”
Venetian: “Dead”
Welsh: “Afon Dead”

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