Shady is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...

 locale in Douglas County

Douglas County, Oregon

-National protected areas:* Crater Lake National Park * Rogue River-Siskiyou National Forest * Siuslaw National Forest * Umpqua National Forest * Willamette National Forest -Adjacent counties:* Lane County, Oregon -...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States. It is about two miles south of Roseburg

Roseburg, Oregon

Roseburg is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Douglas County. The population was 21,181 at the 2010 census.-History:...

 on a stretch of Oregon Route 99 also known as the Oakland

Oakland, Oregon

Oakland is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, United States located two miles from Interstate 5. The population was 954 at the 2000 census.-History:...

-Shady Highway. Shady is outside Roseburg's urban growth boundary

Urban growth boundary

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, but it does have sewer

Sanitary sewer

A sanitary sewer is a separate underground carriage system specifically for transporting sewage from houses and commercial buildings to treatment or disposal. Sanitary sewers serving industrial areas also carry industrial wastewater...

 service. Because of sewer availability, Douglas County considers Shady an "urban unincorporated area". It is next to the South Umpqua River

South Umpqua River

The South Umpqua River is a tributary of the Umpqua River, approximately long, in southwestern Oregon in the United States. It drains part of the Cascade Range east of Roseburg...

.

Like nearby Green

Green, Oregon

Green is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States. The population was 6,174 at the 2000 census.-Education:...

, Shady was a station on the Siskiyou Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad. A cliff in the area is named "Shady Point".

External links

• January 30, 1897 New York Times story about a train robbery at Shady Point

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