Glenada, Oregon

Glenada
Unincorporated community
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Lane
Settled	1889
Incorporated	1912
Disincorporated	1922
Founded by	George Huestis Colter
Named for	Jane Ada Grant and Ada Colter
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes	97439

Glenada is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States, across the Siuslaw River from the city of Florence, on U.S. Route 101.

History

Glenada was incorporated in 1912, and disincorporated in 1922, after the town's sawmills burned. Glenada was platted by George Huestis Colter (Coulter) in 1889. Colter purchased an unbroken mile of river frontage and combined the names of his wife, Jane Ada Grant, and youngest daughter, Ada Colter, to name the town of Glen-ada in their honor. The United States Postal Service condensed the name to Glenada.

Colter owned a large amount of land in the area; he owned four hundred and fifty lots in Glenada and one hundred and 60 acres (240,000 m²) in Fiddle Creek, and also one hundred and 60 acres (240,000 m²) within one mile (1.6 km) of the city of Florence. In addition to these valuable holdings, he owned over 60 acres (240,000 m²) of timber adjoining Glenada.

The Glenada Hotel was built to accommodate travelers and also housed the Colter family, and cost $4,000 to build.

George Huestis Colter was born on the June 12, 1854 in Nova Scotia to Daniel and Almira (Huestis) Colter, the former a native of County Sligo, Ireland, and the latter of Nova Scotia. George left Nova Scotia in 1869 and settled in San Francisco, California. Colter is buried in the Glenada Odd Fellows Cemetery, to which he donated the land and in which was provided family plots, but only one son, Dean Colter, who drowned, is buried next to him.

External links

• Glenada Odd Fellows Cemetery Association