Macleay, Oregon

Macleay is an unincorporated community in Marion County, Oregon, United States.

[1] It is about nine miles east of downtown Salem in the Waldo Hills near the Little Pudding River.

[2] Donald Macleay was a prominent merchant of Portland, and along with fellow Scot William Reid, was one of the investors in the narrow-gauge Oregonian Railway Company, which was built through the area.

[2][3] Macleay gave money to build a schoolhouse in the Stipp area, near the new railroad station, so the post office was renamed in his honor.

[3] The community also has an active Grange hall, a fire station,[6] and the former school currently serves as a church.