Editing Dundee, Oregon (section)

==History==
Dundee was named after [[Dundee]], Scotland, the birthplace of [[William Reid (Scottish businessman)|William Reid]]. Reid came to Oregon in 1874 to establish the [[Oregonian Railway]], and made several extensions to the railroad in the western [[Willamette Valley]].

The first post office in the area, established in 1881, was called Ekins. The Ekins post office was closed in 1885, and in 1887 a new office opened and was named "Dundee Junction." The name was chosen in anticipation of plans to build a bridge across the [[Willamette River]] for the railroad, which would have called for a junction at Dundee between the west railroad and the new east railroad. The bridge was never built, however, and the post office was renamed "Dundee" in 1897.<ref>{{cite book | last = McArthur | first = Lewis A. | author-link = Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur | title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]] | orig-year = 1928 | edition = Fifth | year = 1982 | publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press | location = [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] | isbn = 0-87595-114-7 | pages = 238–239}}</ref>

In 1913, the [[Dundee Woman's Club]] was founded and later established a community center.<ref>{{cite web |title=Old social group beckons the change at its doorstep |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/washingtoncounty/2007/12/dundee_womans_club_1.html |website=[[Oregon Live]] |publisher=[[The Oregonian]] |last=Haight |first=Abby |editor=Seth Prince |author-link= |date=December 20, 2007 |accessdate=March 9, 2024 }}</ref>