# Milo, Oregon

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**Milo** is an [unincorporated community](/source/Unincorporated_area) in [Douglas County](/source/Douglas_County,_Oregon), [Oregon](/source/Oregon), United States, about 17 miles (27 km) east of [Canyonville](/source/Canyonville,_Oregon) on the [South Umpqua River](/source/South_Umpqua_River).[2]

Milo post office was established in 1923; Cora E. Buker was the first postmaster.[3] It was named for [Milo, Maine](/source/Milo,_Maine), the hometown of Amos O. Buker, who was the husband of Cora.[3] Originally the post office at this locale was named "Perdue", named after John Perdue, Sr., who was also its first postmaster.[3] It was originally at the confluence of the South Umpqua River and Elk Creek—which today is the location of [Tiller](/source/Tiller,_Oregon)—and the office was first called "Elk Creek".[3] Elk Creek post office was founded in 1877.[3] Perdue took over as postmaster of the Elk Creek post office on June 11, 1884 and on August 22, the name was changed to Perdue.[3] At the same time the office was moved to the current location of Milo.[3] The office was closed in 1920 when no one could be found to replace then-postmaster Amos Buker, who was fired after he had acted against postal regulations by working as a [United States Census](/source/United_States_Census) enumerator.[3] Today Milo has a [Days Creek](/source/Days_Creek,_Oregon) mailing address.[4][5]

Oregon's only steel bridge capped with a [covered bridge](/source/Covered_bridge) structure crosses the South Umpqua River in Milo.[6] The bridge was built in 1962 and covered by the request of local residents who missed the earlier wooden bridge at this location.[7] The [Milo Academy Bridge](/source/Milo_Academy_Bridge) is the only access to the [Milo Adventist Academy](/source/Milo_Adventist_Academy), a private [Seventh-day Adventist](/source/Seventh-day_Adventist_Church) boarding school.[7] The bridge is on the [National Register of Historic Places](/source/National_Register_of_Historic_Places).[8]

## References

1. 1146297. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

1. pp. 323–324, 647, 754.

1. ["Milo Adventist Academy: About: Location"](http://www.miloacademy.net/#about/location). Retrieved 2010-01-10.

1. Note: [ZIP Code](/source/ZIP_Code) 97429.

1. Friedman, Ralph (1990). [*In Search of Western Oregon*](https://books.google.com/books). 2nd ed. Caldwell, Idaho: [The Caxton Printers, Ltd](/source/Caxton_Press_(United_States)). p. 552. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.

1. Cockrell, Bill & Nick Cockrell. ["South Umpqua River (Milo Academy) Covered Bridge"](https://web.archive.org/web/20131231001926/http://library.state.or.us/repository/2006/200604261623003/Descriptions/MiloAcademy.pdf). *Roofs Over Rivers*. [Oregon State Library](/source/Oregon_State_Library). Archived from [the original](http://library.state.or.us/repository/2006/200604261623003/Descriptions/MiloAcademy.pdf) on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

1. ["Oregon National Register List"](http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf). [Oregon Parks and Recreation Department](/source/Oregon_Parks_and_Recreation_Department). October 19, 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-10.

## External links

- [Historic images of Milo](http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=any&CISOBOX1=Milo&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all) from Salem Public Library
- [Image of Milo Academy Bridge](https://sos.oregon.gov/archives/records/county/Pages/scenic-images-new.aspx?county=douglas) from the [Oregon State Archives](/source/Oregon_State_Archives)

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