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Lancaster

Ghost town · Lane County, Oregon

Harrisburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:31,680)
Harrisburg quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1909, 1:31,680) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Lancaster 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 Lancaster as a historical populated place: 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 44.2528° N, 123.1960° W.

Key facts

Elevation315 ft
Nearest living townHarrisburg, OR
Distance to it2 miles
Coordinates44.25280, -123.19600

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What's there now

Lancaster is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Harrisburg, OR (population 3,675), about 2 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 315 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

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Lancaster, Oregon
Lancaster, Oregon · Visitor7 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Lancaster?

Lancaster is in Lane County, Oregon, at 44.2528, -123.1960.

How many ghost towns are in Lane County?

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

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