Shedd, OR

Shedd is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Linn County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 99E. The 2020 census counted 213 residents. In 1858, a community and gristmill was established about a mile and a half east of the present town of Shedd and called "Boston", probably because one of the founders came from Boston, Massachusetts. Boston was platted in 1861 with a New England –style town square. Shedd's local map joins its older history to the places and landscapes that still shape the town today, all within the wider Oregon setting.

The local scoop is how Shedd's history still shows up in the places people visit, work, learn, and meet. Shedd is in western Linn County in the Willamette River valley, with Shedd Slough, a tributary of the Calapooia River, flowing northwards on the east side of town. Oregon Route 99E passes through the center of town, leading north 12 miles to Albany and south 5 miles to Halsey.