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Marcola is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Lane County, Oregon, on the Mohawk River northeast of Springfield.

The 2020 census recorded a population of 580 in the Marcola CDP, which covers 1.22 square miles.

Marcola's post office was established in 1876 and was originally called Isabel, for early settler Isabel Applegate.

In 1899-1900 a railroad was built through the Mohawk Valley and a station named Marcola was established near the post office; the name Marcola was made up to honor Mary Cole, the wife of the town's founder, Columbus Cole, and the post office name was changed to match the station in 1901.

Marcola's ZIP code is 97454.

Timber shaped early Marcola: the Fischer Lumber Company operated a circular-saw mill at Marcola in the early 1900s that employed about 100 men, and a railroad line was built into the Mohawk Valley to help local lumber mills ship their timber.

The 1938 Earnest Bridge, a National Register of Historic Places-listed covered bridge in the Marcola area, was featured in the 1965 James Stewart film Shenandoah.

Most of the Marcola CDP is in the Marcola School District, which operates Mohawk High School, while portions lie in Springfield School District 19.

Lane County, including Marcola, is in the Lane Community College district.