French Prairie
French Prairie is located in Marion County, Oregon, United States, in the Willamette Valley between the Willamette River and the Pudding River, north of Salem.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include St. Paul Roman Catholic Church.
St. Paul Roman Catholic Church
Church
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St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in St. Paul, Oregon, United States, was the first church in Oregon to be built with bricks when it was constructed in 1846. St. Paul Roman Catholic Church is situated 2 miles northwest of French Prairie.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include St. Paul and Champoeg.
St. Paul
Village
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St. Paul or Saint Paul is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It is named after the Saint Paul Mission founded by Archbishop François Norbert Blanchet, who arrived in the Oregon Country in 1838 to minister to the Catholic inhabitants of French Prairie. St. Paul is situated 2 miles northwest of French Prairie.
Champoeg
Locality
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Champoeg is a former town in the U.S. state of Oregon. Now a ghost town, it was an important settlement in the Willamette Valley in the early 1840s. Located halfway between Oregon City and Salem, it was the site of the first provisional government of the Oregon Country. Champoeg is situated 5 miles northeast of French Prairie.
Woodburn
Town
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Woodburn is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. Incorporated in 1889, the community had been platted in 1871 after the arrival of the railroad. Woodburn is situated 6 miles southeast of French Prairie.
French Prairie
- Type: Plain
- Description: grassland in Marion County, Oregon, US
- Categories: prairie and landform
- Location: Marion, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Japanese—“French Prairie” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “French Prairie”
- Dutch: “French Prairie”
- French: “prairie française”
- French: “Prairie française”
- Hebrew: “הפרריה הצרפתית”
- Japanese: “フレンチ・プレーリー”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as West Woodburn and Saint Louis.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Saint Paul Cemetery and Art McKay Reservoir.
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