Eagle Point

History

In the mid-19th century, a rocky cliff near the location of what later became Eagle Point was a favored nesting place for eagles. An area resident, John Mathews, is said to have suggested "Eagle Point" as the name for a proposed post office in the community. The post office was established in 1872; Andrew McNeil was the first postmaster. A water-powered gristmill, Butte Creek Mill, has operated in Eagle Point for more than 125 years. Built in 1872 along Little Butte Creek, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976. In 2018, Actor Patrick Duffy, a longtime Eagle Point resident signed-on as the Advisory Director for the Butte Creek Mill Foundation in an effort to rebuild the Butte Creek Mill. He joins actor Jim Belushi who has been a supporter of the mill since the fire. In 2018, Eagle Point Police Officer Daniel Cardenas shot and killed Matthew Graves. According to attorneys Kelly L. Anderson and David Linthorst, the “arrest” of Graves on mere suspicion alone is not grounds to detain him. “After making an unlawful arrest,” attorneys said, “Cardenas compounded the problem by using excessive force. In doing so, Cardenas himself created the very crisis for which he later claimed to have needed to use deadly force.”. Cardenas also made multiple discrepancies during his Grand Jury testimony which went against his protest of innocence. The city had to pay 4.5 Million Dollars for wrongful death.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land. The city is north of Medford and White City and south of Shady Cove in the Rogue River Valley along Oregon Route 62. Little Butte Creek, a tributary of the Rogue River, passes through Eagle Point and enters the larger stream a few miles to the west near TouVelle State Recreation Site and Upper and Lower Table Rock. This region has historically experienced warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above . According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Eagle Point has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps. However, summers have been getting hotter and drier with increased risk of extreme weather, especially heat waves, due to climate change.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• North Medford High School
  High · Medford · 1,701 students · 22.7:1 ratio
• Eagle Point High School
  High · Eagle Point · 999 students · 19.2:1 ratio
• Hedrick Middle School
  Middle · Medford · 996 students · 21.7:1 ratio
• Scenic Middle School
  Middle · Central Point · 844 students · 30.1:1 ratio
• Table Rock Elementary
  Elementary · White City · 717 students · 15.9:1 ratio
• Jewett Elementary School
  Elementary · Central Point · 612 students · 19.7:1 ratio
• Richardson Elementary School
  Elementary · Central Point · 517 students · 21.5:1 ratio
• Lone Pine Elementary School
  Elementary · Medford · 513 students · 19.7:1 ratio