Coburg, Oregon

Coburg is a city (and a National Historic District) in Lane County, Oregon, United States, 8 miles (13 km) north of Eugene.

[5] Founded in 1847, Coburg has retained the characteristics of a traditional small town with walkability and close ties to the surrounding farming communities that stretch in all directions.

Maintaining these characteristics is a central part of the city's community vision process, completed in 2017.

[7] The City installed a sewer system in 2011 to 2015, leading to a new period of growth in both residential and commercial investment.

Downtown is a national historic center that includes 30 buildings on the register.

Coburg is headquarters for Marathon Coach Corporation, a manufacturer of luxury bus conversion motorcoaches.

Until the practice was discontinued in 2005, Coburg's city government had generated hundreds of thousands of dollars for its budget through speeding fines at a speed trap on Interstate 5 located outside of city limits.

[8] By 2003, the city was raising nearly half of its $1.7 million annual budget through traffic fines.

[9] The speed trap was temporarily ended when Floyd Prozanski, a state legislator from Eugene, sponsored bills to make the practice against the law, effective January 2004.

[8] Police Chief Hudson also lost his job, following the adoption of the new law.

[8] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.95 square miles (2.46 km2), all of it land.

[11] This region experiences warm (but not hot) and semi-dry summers with some rainy days, with no average monthly temperatures above 70.4 °F.

Snow in Coburg is possible but rare in winter months due to the higher latitude.

City hall and municipal court
Lane County map