Idanha, OR

Idanha is a city on the Marion County/Linn County line in Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 22 and the North Santiam River. The 2020 census counted 156 residents. The Marion County portion of Idanha is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area, while the Linn County portion is part of the Albany–Lebanon Micropolitan Statistical Area. In 2015, the city's mayor, Cletus Moore, was arrested and charged with felony possession of methamphetamine. The short version is that Idanha carries an earlier story into the places people know and use now. That is the local read on Idanha: its past remains attached to the places people use now. Idanha is in eastern Marion and Linn counties, with the North Santiam River forming the county line and separating the two settled areas within the town limits. The area on the southern, Linn County side is shown on U.S. Geological Survey maps as New Idanha.