Crime Scene and Trauma Cleanup in Elmira, OR

Elmira is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lane County, Oregon, never an incorporated city, with a 2020 census population of 546.

Elmira lies west of Eugene and north of Veneta and Oregon Route 126, near the Long Tom River and Fern Ridge Reservoir.

The CDP covers 1.35 square miles, including 1.22 square miles of land and 0.12 square miles of water, at an elevation of 407 feet, and it uses ZIP code 97437.

The community was previously named Duckworth before a local business owner persuaded postal authorities to rename it Elmira in 1884, after Elmira, California.

In approximately 1905, Elmira Road and the surrounding area were homesteaded by Henry and Celia Faulhaber and their children Leon, Neil, and Mildred.

Sometime between 1905 and 1916, Elmira Road was donated back to the county by Henry Faulhaber and later renamed Faulhaber Road.

Elmira is served by the Fern Ridge School District (28J), which has four traditional schools: Elmira Elementary School, Veneta Elementary School, Fern Ridge Middle School, and Elmira High School, plus an online charter high school, West Lane Technical Learning Center.

Elmira is also home to the Lane Community College Elmira Community Learning Center.

Milt Davis (1929-2008), an All-Pro defensive back for the Baltimore Colts of the NFL who later became a college professor, is a notable resident of Elmira.