Map of Shedd CDP

Shedd is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Linn County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 99E. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 204.

Shedd CDP overview:
Name:	Shedd CDP
LSAD Code:	57
LSAD Description:	CDP (suffix)
State:	Oregon
County:	Linn County
Elevation:	266 ft (81 m)
Total Area:	1.51 sq mi (3.91 km²)
Land Area:	1.51 sq mi (3.91 km²)
Water Area:	0.00 sq mi (0.00 km²)
Total Population:	213
Population Density:	141.25/sq mi (54.54/km²)
ZIP code:	97377
Area code:	541 / 458
FIPS code:	4166900
GNISfeature ID:	1637930

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History

In 1858, a community and gristmill was established about a mile and a half east of the present town of Shedd and called “Boston”, probably because one of the founders came from Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was platted in 1861 with a New England-style town square. The town became a stagecoach stop, and “Boston Mills” post office was established in 1869. Efforts to get the Oregon and California Railroad, which was being built south from Albany, to come through Boston Mills were unsuccessful. The railroad was instead built through the nearby land donated by Civil War veteran Captain Frank Shedd, and “Shedd’s Station” was created in 1871. The post office was moved soon after. Many of Boston’s buildings, though not the mill itself nor the Farwell DLC homestead, were moved west to the new Shedd’s Station to be near the railroad. In 1899, the railroad changed the name of the station to “Shedd”, but the name of the post office did not change until 1915.

East of Shedd at the former site of Boston Mills, on the Calapooia River, is the National Register of Historic Places-listed Boston Flour Mill (aka Thompson’s Flouring Mill), Oregon’s oldest continuously operating water-powered mill, part of Thompson’s Mills State Heritage Site. It is one of the four remaining gristmills in the state, and one of only two mills still in operation.

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Geography

Shedd is in western Linn County in the Willamette River valley, with Shedd Slough, a tributary of the Calapooia River, flowing northwards on the east side of town. Oregon Route 99E passes through the center of town, leading north 12 miles (19 km) to Albany and south 5 miles (8 km) to Halsey.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Shedd CDP has an area of 1.5 square miles (3.9 km), all of it recorded as land.