Lorane is an unincorporated

Unincorporated area

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 community in Lane County, Oregon

Lane County, Oregon

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, United States. It is located on Territorial Road

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 about 20 miles southwest of Eugene

Eugene, Oregon

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; it is 13 miles northwest of Cottage Grove

Cottage Grove, Oregon

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. The community is near the headwaters of the North Fork Siuslaw River

Siuslaw River

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 in a valley in the foothills of the Central Oregon Coast Range

Central Oregon Coast Range

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. Local businesses include several wineries, including the King Estate Winery

King Estate Winery

King Estate Winery is a winery located southwest of Eugene, Oregon, United States near the community of Lorane. Matt Kramer of The Oregonian considers King Estate the benchmark producer of Pinot gris in the country...

, Chateau Lorane Winery and Iris Hill Winery, and two general stores.

Lorane is also home to several notable late-19th-century/early-20th-century buildings, including the Lorane Christian Church, built in 1889, the Lorane Rebekah Lodge, built in 1898, and the Lorane Grange hall, built in 1909.

Although Lorane is unincorporated it has a post office

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; Lorane's ZIP code

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 is 97451.

Lorane is served by the Crow-Applegate-Lorane School District, including Lorane Elementary School, which was established in 1892.

External links

• Images of the historic 1855 Cartwright House near Lorane, which was razed in 1973 (from Salem Public Library)
• Cartwright House (Mountain House) from the Oregon Historical Society
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• Darius B. Cartwright House from the Historic American Buildings Survey
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