Gettings Creek

Gettings Creek is a tributary of the Coast Fork Willamette River in Lane County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Flowing generally west from near Prune Hill, it turns sharply north as it nears Interstate 5 (I-5). It enters the larger stream near Walker, between Cottage Grove to the south and Creswell to the north.[4] The I-5 rest area called Gettings Creek lies next to the creek.[5]

Gettings Creek
Location of the mouth of Gettings Creek in Oregon
EtymologyAfter Samuel A. Gettings, who lived along the creek in 1888[1]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyLane
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationPrune Hill
 • coordinates43°50′27″N 122°55′53″W[2]
 • elevation2,438 ft (743 m)[3]
MouthCoast Fork Willamette River
 • location
near Cottage Grove
 • coordinates
43°51′14″N 123°01′03″W[2]
 • elevation
581 ft (177 m)[2]

The creek and a tributary, North Fork Gettings Creek, were named for Samuel A. Gettings, an early settler.[1][6] Gettings lived near the creek in 1888.[1]

See also

References
  1. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names, 7th ed. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 399–400. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
  2. "Gettings Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey (USGS). November 28, 1980. Retrieved October 20, 2011.
  3. Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  4. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 47. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  5. "Oregon Rest Areas". Oregon Department of Transportation. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  6. "County Records Say "Gettings" Correct Name Of Creek". Eugene Register-Guard. February 25, 1939. p. 14. Retrieved April 29, 2015.


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