Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Marcola

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
–Not graded
History · Marcola

Marcola’s post office opened in 1901, and 21% of its homes were built before 1940

Its Register listing is the Ernest Bridge.

1901first post office
1on the National Register
21%homes built before 1940
Add an old photoShare a memory
Quick answers

How Marcola began

When was Marcola founded?

1901

The Marcola post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Isabel (1876), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 580125 years
Founding year: the first Marcola post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).The full story ↓

What stands out about Marcola’s past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Marcola are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.
★ What stands out · Help out

Start Marcola’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Marcola’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
00s10s20s30s40s50s60s70s80s90s
0 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story

How Marcola came to be

From Wikipedia’s history of Marcola.

Read it all →

The post office at this location was established in 1876 and originally called "Isabel" for early settler Isabel Applegate. In 1899-1900, a railroad was built through the Mohawk Valley and a station named Marcola was established near the post office. Marcola was a name made up to honor Mary Cole, the wife of the town's founder, Columbus Cole. In 1901, the post office name was changed to agree with the name of the station.

The 1938 National Register of Historic Places-listed Earnest Bridge, a covered bridge in the Marcola area, was featured in the 1965 James Stewart film Shenandoah.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Timeline

Marcola, 1876 to 1901

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1876Post officeThe Isabel post office opens
  3. 20th century
  4. 1901Post officeThe Isabel post office closes
  5. 1901Post officeThe Marcola post office opens
By decade

Marcola, decade by decade

Today6 recent
Mohawk River2012Mohawk RiverMohawk High School2012Mohawk High SchoolMarcola, Oregon2011Marcola, Oregon12 Public School Marcola, Ore201012 Public School Marcola, OreMohawk High School Marcola Oregon 00012008Mohawk High School Marcola Oregon 0001MarcolaFireStation2008MarcolaFireStation
On the National Register

1 historic place in Marcola

The country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

place listed
1
National Historic Landmarks
0
none yet
historic buildings protected
1
each building in a district counts
first listed
1979
Ernest Bridge
Structures

Architectural styles listings

Howe Truss1
Ernest BridgeHowe Truss

National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place’s page.

Famous people

Famous people close to Marcola

Nobody well known was born in Marcola itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

See all →
R
Rebecca SchaefferActress · b. 1967
E
Eric Christian OlsenAmerican actor · b. 1977
Mac WilkinsAmerican athletics competitor · b. 1950
Howard HessemanAmerican actor · b. 1940
Danny AingeAmerican basketball executive and former player… · b. 1959
Isaiah HartensteinGerman-American basketball player · b. 1998
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and burying grounds

Marcola’s post office has been open since 1901. Another post office, Isabel, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Isabel
1876–1901
Marcola
1901–today
18701950today
1cemetery inside Marcola
Marcola

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

Questions about Marcola’s history

What year was Marcola founded?

The Marcola post office opened in 1901, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

What is on the National Register in Marcola?

One place: the Ernest Bridge (listed 1979).

Memory lane

What the archives can’t tell you, neighbors can.

Town Square →
Start a conversation
Sources

Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From Wikimedia Commons (6), the National Register of Historic Places (1), Wikipedia, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.