Cheshire, OR

Cheshire is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Lane County, Oregon, United States. The 2020 census counted 329 residents. Cheshire is located near the Long Tom River and is southwest of Junction City on Oregon Route 36. Cheshire was a station on the Southern Pacific Railroad line platted in 1913 and originally named Hubert. That mix gives Cheshire a clear local shape within Oregon, with older layers still visible in current places. The local scoop is a place whose streets, landmarks, and institutions keep its earlier story close to the present. This name caused confusion with another station on the line, Huber, however, so the railroad company changed the name to Cheshire in 1914.