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served by Binger and by Anchor. The office was established October 22, 1883, with George McCormick first of five postmasters. Carll office was closed July 16, 1894, and it seems probable on that date the name was changed to Binger, although the official record is not exactly precise on this point. As with many other offices of this type, it was doubtless moved from time to time.

CARLTON, Yamhill County. A. E. Bones, postmaster at Carlton, wrote in October, 1925, that the place was named for John Carl, Sr., and that it was done at the request of R. R. Thompson of Portland at the time the west side railroad established a station there about 1874. Carl was an early settler in the neighborhood and Thompson owned a farm there. It has been stated elsewhere that the town was named for Wilson Carl, an ex-county commissioner. Possibly the two were members of the same family. Carlton post office was established July 21, 1874, with F. J. Fryer first postmaster.

CARNAHAN, Clatsop County. This community is on Clatsop Plains and was named for Hiram Carnahan, a pioneer of 1846. He was born in Tennessee in 1820. After arriving in Oregon he visited the California mines, but returned and settled in Clatsop County about 1849. He married Mary E. Morrison. For information about the Carnahan family, see editorial page of Oregon Journal, June 30, 1928. Hiram Carnahan died in January, 1896.

CARNATION, Washington County. This post office just south of Forest Grove was established May 20, 1905, with Clarence L. Bump first postmaster. It was so named because the Carnation Milk Products Company formerly had a condensery nearby, and Bump's store where the post office was situated was the Carnation store. This post office was operated with the name South Forest Grove from April, 1906, until November, 1914, when the old name Carnation was restored.

CARPENTERVILLE, Curry County. Carpenterville is on the Oregon Coast Highway about sixteen miles north of Brookings. In 1921 D. W. Carpenter and his family settled at this locality and among other things operated a small mill for fence lumber. Carpenter later moved to California and then to Bandon, but his sons continued to run the mill. He returned to the place about the time the highway was built and started a store and tourist cabins. In April, 1932 a post office was established and named for the family. Carpet Hill CREEK, Lane County. A few miles below Westfir, Carpet Hill Creek flows into Middle Fork Willamette River from the north. Jess McAbee, a pioneer resident of Lowell, is authority for the story of this name. The old Middle Fork road crossed the toe of a hill near the creek, and a large, smooth, sloping rock caused the oxen to slip and lose their footing. One outfit overcame the difficulty by laying a large carpet over the rock, and as a result the creek soon had its present name.

CARSON, Baker County. The postmaster of Carson in 1925 wrote that this community was apparently named for Tom Corson who settled about 1870 on a small stream flowing into Pine Creek. Neighbors pronounced his name Carson and applied it to the stream in question and subsequently to a small sawmill which was called the Carson Mill because it was situated on the creek. When the post office was established July 26, 1893, the name was applied to it as well. The office was discontinued in April, 1952. The area will be served by rural route out of Halfway.