Blachly 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...

 community in Lane County

Lane County, Oregon

-National protected areas:*Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge *Siuslaw National Forest *Umpqua National Forest *Willamette National Forest -Government:...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States

United States

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 on Oregon Route 36 in the Coast Range

Oregon Coast Range

The Oregon Coast Range, often called simply the Coast Range and sometimes the Pacific Coast Range, is a mountain range, in the Pacific Coast Ranges physiographic region, in the U.S. state of Oregon along the Pacific Ocean...

. Blachly is three miles from Triangle Lake

Triangle Lake, Oregon

Triangle Lake is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located about west of Junction City on Oregon Route 36, on the southwest side of the lake of same name. Triangle Lake is closely linked to the unincorporated community of Blachly, on the northeast side of the...

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History

Before the Blachly post office was established in 1892, area residents received their mail at the now-closed Franklin

Franklin, Oregon

Franklin is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located near Veneta, and is approximately northwest of Eugene.-References:...

 post office. The Blachly office was named for local resident William Blachly. Blachly arrived in Oregon in 1854 from Illinois

Illinois

Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...

 when he was 10 years old. He died on February 16, 1934.

Schools

Blachly is served by the K-12 Triangle Lake School

Triangle Lake School

Triangle Lake School is a K-12 public school in Blachly, Oregon, United States. The only school in the Blachly School District, in 2006 the school earned an "exceptional" rating from the Oregon Department of Education at all levels: elementary, middle school and high school...

, the only school in Blachly School District.