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Yoncalla is a city in Douglas County, Oregon, incorporated on February 27, 1901, and nicknamed the "Home of the Eagles."

Settlers first came to the Yoncalla area in a covered wagon in the fall of 1848, and Jesse Applegate arrived in 1849 and named the area after the Yoncalla-speaking Native Americans of the region.

In 1920 Yoncalla drew attention for electing a female mayor and an all-female city council, and nearly a century later, in 2018, the city elected 18-year-old Ben Simons as mayor.

As of the 2020 census, Yoncalla had a population of 1,021, down slightly from 1,047 in 2010.

The 2020 census counted 414 households in Yoncalla, and the city's median age was 50.8 years, with 22.9 percent of residents aged 65 or older.

Yoncalla covers 0.68 square miles, of which 0.67 square miles is land, at an elevation of 390 feet, and all of its residents were counted as living in rural areas in 2020.

Pioneer Jesse Applegate died in Yoncalla in 1888, and his descendant Rex Applegate became a military officer and author.

Baseball players Rocky Gale, a catcher for the San Diego Padres, and Hal Turpin, a member of the Pacific Coast League Hall of Fame, are among Yoncalla's notable people.

Politician and businesswoman Marilyn Kittelman is also a notable Yoncalla resident.

Yoncalla's own ZIP code is 97499.