Tiller, Oregon

Tiller is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located on Oregon Route 227 and the South Umpqua River, in the Umpqua National Forest.[2]

Tiller, Oregon
Unincorporated community
West end of Tiller Ranger Station with Southern Oregon Sugar Pine Mill in the background, Tiller, Oregon, 1941
Etymology: named for Aaron Tiller, who settled in the locality.
Tiller
Location within Oregon and the United States
Tiller
Tiller (the United States)
Coordinates: 42°55′42″N 122°57′04″W
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyDouglas County
Elevation
1,089 ft (332 m)
ZIP
97484
Area code541

Tiller was named for Aaron Tiller, who settled in the locality. Tiller post office was established in 1902.[3]

Tiller is ZIP Code 97484 in Area Code 541, although parts of the town are included in the zip code of neighboring Days Creek.[4] Tiller is served by the 825 exchange.

In 2017, many of the town's properties were offered for sale for $3.85 million.[5] The asking price included 257 contiguous acres encompassing most of the town's buildings as well as wooded hilltops and approximately 2 million board feet of marketable lumber.[4] The sale did not include the community church, pastor's residence, fire station, and several other properties.[6] After a year of negotiation, a Garden Grove, California-based company called Global Shopping Mall signed the deed in September 2018.[5][4] On August 17, 2021, Tiller Town Corporation was incorporated as an Oregon corporation, although the owner's development plans remained unannounced.[4]

In October 2022, local residents quoted in The Oregonian described Global Shopping Mall as "absentee business owners" and complained that blackberry vines were overtaking the abandoned buildings, causing a potential fire hazard.[4]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tiller, Oregon
  2. Tiller, OR, 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1989
  3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 957. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. Eastman, Janet (October 14, 2022). "Tiller residents lament the absence of tiny Oregon town's new corporate owner". The Oregonian. Retrieved January 9, 2023.
  5. Butler, Grant (March 10, 2017). "An Entire Southern Oregon Town Could Be Yours for $3.85 Million". The Oregonian. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
  6. Eastman, Janet (September 12, 2018). "Sold! Town of Tiller to turn into a resort". The Oregonian. p. A9.


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