Rickreall Creek

Rickreall Creek in Rickreall, Oregon at Oregon Route 99W

Rickreall Creek is a stream in Polk County, Oregon, United States rising on Laurel Mountain in the Central Oregon Coast Range and draining into the Willamette River west of Salem at Eola.[1] The creek passes through the city of Dallas and the unincorporated community of Rickreall. The origin of the name is under some dispute, but one theory says that "Rickreall" is a corruption of "La Creole", La Creole River being another name for the stream.[2]

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rickreall Creek
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 809–810. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.