Lacomb’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Lacomb. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story so far
from Wikipedia & the U.S. CensusLacomb is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Linn County, Oregon, United States, located about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Lebanon. It was named in December 1889 by W.J. Turnidge, a son of a pioneer. As of the 2020 census, Lacomb had a population of 575.
Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population grew from 546 to 575 (+5%). Half of its homes were built before 1996.
Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Lacomb yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.
Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.
Start Lacomb’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Lacomb’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo1 archive item has no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewLarwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Lacomb, decade by decade
2000
unknown1 item
Nothing in Lacomb is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Lacomb has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Larwood Bridge in Lacomb, 3.1 miles away.
Lacomb and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Larwood Bridge, Spanning Crabtree Creek, Fish Hatchery Road (CR 648) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom the Library of Congress (1). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.