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About Yoncalla, OR

Settlers first came to the area that would become Yoncalla in a covered wagon in the fall of 1848. Jesse Applegate arrived in 1849, and named the area after the Yoncalla-speaking Native Americans of the region. In 1920 the town received attention for electing a woman as mayor and an all-female city council. The city elected 18-year old Ben Simons as new mayor during the 2018 mid term elections. As of the census of 2010, there were 1,047 people, 441 households, and 292 families living in the city.