| Monitor, Oregon |
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'' Oregon Geographic Names '' (''OGN'') states that a local story about the possible origin of the name "Monitor" is that it is derived from a type of Flour Mill , the Monitor mill, in use in the early days of the community. In 1990, however, a descendant of one of the owners of the mill told ''OGN'''s compiler that the mill was named after the Civil War Ironclad Warship the USS ''Monitor'' . Furthermore, the community of Monitor did not exist until 1969, when the post office was established, and this was apparently the first use of the name. Thus, it is more likely the community was named after the ship. Monitor is surrounded by Farmland . Each spring, the Tulip Fest is held at at the Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm about three miles north of the town center, across the river in Clackamas County . The ZIP Code is 97071, which Monitor shares with the nearby city of Woodburn . EXTERNAL LINKS |
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