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Bolly

Ghost town · Lane County, Oregon

Marcola quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500)
Marcola quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1950, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Bolly is a ghost town in Lane County, Oregon. It is one of 20 former communities in Lane County on the federal names register. No county in Oregon has more among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Bolly as a historical populated place on the Mohawk topographic quadrangle: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 44.1735° N, 122.8929° W.

Key facts

USGS quadrangleMohawk
Elevation809 ft
Nearest living townMarcola, OR
Distance to it1.7 miles
GNIS feature ID1130604
Coordinates44.17346, -122.89286

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What's there now

Bolly is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Marcola, OR (population 561), about 1.7 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 809 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Questions

Where is Bolly?

Bolly is in Lane County, Oregon, at 44.1735, -122.8929.

How many ghost towns are in Lane County?

Lane County, Oregon has 20 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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