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Dardanelles, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 42°25′44″N 123°03′29″W / 42.42889°N 123.05806°W / 42.42889; -123.05806
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Jackson
Elevation	1,066 ft (325 m)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	1159044
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System

Dardanelles is an unincorporated community in Jackson County, Oregon, United States. It lies opposite the city of Gold Hill on the south side of the Rogue River. Interstate 5 and Oregon Route 99 pass by Gold Hill and Dardanelles.

William G. T'Vault, who founded the community in the 1850s, chose the name apparently because the river here runs through a narrow stretch between hills and may have reminded him of the Dardanelles between Asia and Europe. T'Vault was the first postmaster of a post office established here in 1852 and which operated intermittently until 1878. Although a place of importance in early Oregon, little of the community remains. Author Ralph Friedman says in In Search of Western Oregon, "Today most people in Gold Hill know of Dardanelles only because a service station bears that name."

References

1. ^ "Dardanelles". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
2. "Dardanelles" (Map). ACME Mapper 2.1. ACME Labs. Retrieved January 12, 2017.
3. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. pp. 60–61, 68. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
4. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names. Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
5. Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caldwell, Idaho: Caxton Printers. p. 570. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.

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County seat: Medford
Cities	Ashland Butte Falls Central Point Eagle Point Gold Hill Jacksonville Medford Phoenix Rogue River Shady Cove Talent
CDPs	Foots Creek Prospect Ruch Trail White City Wimer
Other unincorporated communities	Applegate Beagle Bitter Lick Brownsboro Buckhorn Springs Cascade Gorge Climax Colestin Dardanelles Four Corners Lake Creek Lincoln McKee Bridge McLeod Mountain View Pinehurst Provolt Rock Point Rogue Elk Sams Valley Seven Oaks Starvation Heights Steamboat Table Rock Tolo Union Creek
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