The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Helix, a geometry term and a part of the ear, was originally to be named Oxford, but authorities declined that option when the community's post office was to be named in 1880. The citizens then decided on Helix since a resident had recently had ear surgery. The author of Oregon Geographic Names, Lewis A. McArthur, had his doubts about the story.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Helix’s history is told.
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Helix, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Helix is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Helix has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Greasewood Finnish Apostolic Lutheran Church in Adams, 5.2 miles away.
Helix and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.