Editing McMinnville, Oregon (section)

==History==
[[File:W. T. Newby from Centennial History of Oregon.png|thumb|upright|McMinnville founder William T. Newby]]

McMinnville founder William T. Newby joined the [[Oregon Trail#Great Migration of 1843|Great Migration of 1843]], of people from the eastern states to the west. He later claimed land in 1844 on the present site of McMinnville in what was known as the [[Oregon Country]]. In 1853, Newby built a [[grist mill]] at what would become the west end of Third Street. On May 5, 1856,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.historicmac.com/newby|title=Newby|access-date=2016-08-16}}</ref> Newby platted a town and named it after his hometown of [[McMinnville, Tennessee]].<ref name=Carey1-759>Charles Henry Carey, [https://archive.org/details/historyoforegon00care ''History of Oregon: Volume 1.''] Chicago: Pioneer Historical Publishing Co., 1922; pg. 759.</ref> The plat was not recorded until July 1865, despite Newby receiving his [[U.S. patent]] in October 1858.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Linscheid |first=Dan |date=June 14, 2022 |title=McMinnville |url=https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/mcminnville/ |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=www.oregonencyclopedia.org |language=en}}</ref>

The [[Baptists]] opened a private school in 1849, which was chartered as the Baptist College in 1858 under the territorial government.<ref name=":0" /> This school was later named McMinnville College after founder Newby made a substantial donation of land to support founding an institution of higher learning in the town. It received a substantial property donation from Frances R. Linfield, the widow of Reverend George F. Linfield. It was originally called McMinnville College. It is known today as [[Linfield University]].<ref name="Carey1-759" /><ref>{{Cite book |last=Holmes |first=Kenneth L. |title=Linfield's Hundred Years |publisher=Binford and Mort |year=1956 |location=Portland, OR}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

McMinnville was incorporated as a town in 1876 and became a city in 1882. County residents voted to move the [[county seat]] of [[Yamhill County, Oregon|Yamhill County]] from [[Lafayette, Oregon|Lafayette]] to McMinnville in 1886.