Carus, Oregon

Carus is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about seven miles south of Oregon City, on Oregon Route 213.[2]

Carus post office ran from 1887 to 1907.[3] The name may have come from a misreading of the name "Carns" on the application to the Post Office Department.[3] It is unknown whether it was to be named for a place in another state or for a local family.[3] The Fred Vonder Ahe House, now located in Molalla, served as the post office when it first opened. David Hunter was the first postmaster.[3]

In 1915 the community had two sawmills, a daily stagecoach to Oregon City and a twice-daily stagecoach to Canby.[4] As of 1990 there was a school and a church.[4] Carus Elementary School is part of the Canby School District.[5] A cemetery near the community is owned by the Followers of Christ.[6]

References
  1. "Carus". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 171–172. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 367. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
  5. "Carus Elementary School". Canby School District. Retrieved 2011-01-04.
  6. Bruder, Jessica; Dana Tims (April 5, 2008). "Parents Plead Not Guilty in Death". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2011-01-04.


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