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About Mill City, OR

Incorporated in 1941, Mill City is home to nearly 2000 residents and serves as the education hub of the Santiam Canyon. Though it was named and known for its various mills including Hammond Lumber Company and Sanitam Lumber Company, due to environmentalist movements in the 1980s hoping to protect the habitats of the endangered Spotted Owl, Mill City is now home to only two lumber mills, Frank Lumber Co. and Freres Lumber plant 3. The environmental movement in the 1980s took a large toll on the economy of Mill City and the surrounding canyon community; however, after the 2008 recession the community has begun to breath life again. The timber industry has managed to stay strong in the community despite the negativity it was dealt and the community is focused on moving to the future.