Unattended Death and Biohazard Cleanup in Aumsville, OR

Aumsville is a city in Marion County, Oregon, incorporated on August 3, 1911, with the motto "Home of the Corn Festival", its own ZIP code 97325, an elevation of 361 feet, and a total area of 1.13 square miles, all land.

Aumsville stands on the site of the pioneer farm of Henry L. Turner, who named the settlement for his son-in-law, Amos M. Davis, more familiarly known as "Aumus", who had died on December 23, 1863.

The 2020 census counted 4,234 residents in Aumsville, up from 3,584 in 2010, and the city had 1,408 households, 1,451 housing units of which 3.0 percent were vacant, and a median age of 33.8.

Aumsville is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area, lies 12 miles southeast of Salem, the county seat and state capital, and 5 miles northwest of Stayton, and Oregon Route 22, a four-lane freeway, passes along the city's northeastern edge.

Mill Creek forms the southern border of Aumsville and flows northwest to the Willamette River in Salem, while Beaver Creek, a tributary of Mill Creek, crosses the northern end of the city.

In 1893 the "Old Wooden School" was built between Main Street and Church Street and operated until it was replaced in 1922 by Amos Davis School, which eventually closed in 1972.

On December 14, 2010, an EF2 tornado touched down in the center of Aumsville, destroying homes and causing substantial damage to businesses and City Hall.

The Aumsville Corn Festival is held in August each year.

Aumsville is home to the Brian Haney Memorial Skate Park.

Aumsville's population grew from 171 in 1920 to 4,234 in 2020.