Mill Creek (Marion County, Oregon)
| Mill Creek | |
|---|---|
Mill Creek at Turner | |
| Etymology | A 19th-century sawmill along the creek |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Marion |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Coon Hollow |
| • location | east of Sublimity |
| • coordinates | 44°49′54″N 122°42′19″W / 44.83167°N 122.70528°W |
| • elevation | 841 ft (256 m) |
| Mouth | Willamette River |
• location | Salem |
• coordinates | 44°57′05″N 123°02′17″W / 44.95139°N 123.03806°W |
• elevation | 125 ft (38 m) |
| Length | 25.7 mi (41.4 km) |
| Basin size | 111 sq mi (290 km2) |
Mill Creek is a 26-mile (42 km) tributary of the Willamette River that drains a 111-square-mile (290 km2) area of Marion County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Flowing generally west from its source south of Silver Falls State Park, it flows between the cities of Stayton, and Sublimity to the north of Stayton, and merges with the Stayton mill race east of Aumsville before flowing through Aumsville and Turner and emptying into the Willamette in Salem.
Salem's first gristmill and sawmill were built on the creek in 1840–41 by members of the Oregon Mission.