Toledo

History

European-American settlement in Toledo began in 1866, when John Graham, his son Joseph, and William Mackey, claimed land made available by the Homestead Act of 1862. The site was called "Graham's Landing" until a post office was established two years later. The city incorporated in 1893 and reincorporated in 1905. The county seat moved from Toledo to Newport in 1953. C. D. Johnson and associates formed a subsidiary, Pacific Spruce Corporation, which in 1920 bought the mill and related equipment, which by 1922 processed logs shipped to Toledo by rail and logs floated down the Yaquina River from nearby Lincoln County Logging camps. Georgia-Pacific acquired the operation in 1952 and turned it into a pulp mill by 1957. A book was written about this called The Toledo Incident of 1925. Between 1927 and 1944, the Creamery Package Manufacturing Company, based in Chicago, operated a substantial sawmill and stock cooperage in Toledo. This mill was dedicated to producing butter tub stock, churning out up to two million spruce butter tubs annually. The butter was shipped in 63 pound tubs as knockdown kits via rail to three Midwestern factories for regional assembly and distribution. The city was a 2009 All-America City Award finalist.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water.

Race & ethnicity

Largest nearby schools

• Newport High School
  High · Newport · 624 students · 19.5:1 ratio
• Newport Middle School
  Middle · Newport · 475 students · 20.7:1 ratio
• Toledo Elementary School
  Elementary · Toledo · 386 students · 16.8:1 ratio
• Sam Case Elementary
  Elementary · Newport · 386 students · 16.1:1 ratio
• Yaquina View Elementary
  Elementary · Newport · 337 students · 14:1 ratio
• Siletz Valley Schools
  Other · Siletz · 223 students · 12.4:1 ratio
• Eddyville Charter School
  Other · Eddyville · 197 students · 10.9:1 ratio
• Toledo Senior High School
  High · Toledo · 184 students · 20.4:1 ratio