Faubion, Oregon

Faubion, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Faubion, Oregon
Coordinates: 45°20′35″N 121°56′06″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clackamas
Elevation [1]	1,450 ft (440 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	97049
GNIS feature ID	1142031[1]

Faubion is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.^[1] It is located about 2 miles northwest of Rhododendron, in the Mount Hood Corridor on a loop road off U.S. Route 26 near the Zigzag River.^[2]

Faubion post office was established in 1925 and was named for a family of local settlers, including William J. Faubion, who was the first postmaster.^[3] The office closed in 1937 and mail was then handled by the Zigzag post office.^[3] William Faubion built a store, out of which the post office was later run, and the La Casa Monte Inn.^[4]

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Faubion, Oregon
2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 30. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 348. ISBN 978-0875952772.
4. "St John The Evangelist Roman Catholic Church". Oregon Historic Sites Database. Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Retrieved November 1, 2015.

External links

• Images of Faubion from Flickr
• Randall, Gary. "Faubion". Mt. Hood Magazine. Archived from the original on October 29, 2012.