Champoeg, Oregon | |
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 Museum at the state heritage area | |
 Location near neighboring cities | |
  Champoeg, Oregon Location within the state of Oregon | |
| Coordinates: 45°14′56″N 122°53′49″W / 45.24889°N 122.89694°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Marion |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| ZIP code | 97137 |
| Area codes | 503 and 971 |
Champoeg (/ʃæmˈpuːiː/ sham-POO-ee, historically /ʃæmˈpuːɛɡ/ sham-POO-eg[1]) 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.
The town site is on the south bank of the Willamette River in northern Marion County, on French Prairie, approximately 5 mi (8 km) southeast of Newberg. The town is now part of Champoeg State Heritage Area, an Oregon state park. The Champoeg State Park Historic Archeological District is within the heritage area.
The name "Champoeg" comes from the Kalapuyan word [čʰámpuik], which might be an abbreviation of [čʰa-čʰíma-púičuk], referring to the edible root [púičuk], or yampa.[2]
- ^ Horner, John B. (1919). Oregon: Her History, Her Great Men, Her Literature. The J.K. Gill Co.: Portland. p. 398.
- ^ Bright, William (2004). Native American placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-8061-3598-4. Retrieved April 11, 2011.