Minerva is an unincorporated community in Lane County, Oregon, United States.

[1] It is located about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Florence near the North Fork Siuslaw River within the Siuslaw National Forest.

[2] When local settlers petitioned the post office department for a new office in the 1890s, the name "Bays Landing" was suggested to honor local resident James E.

[4] At one time Minerva had a store with a gas pump, a United Evangelical Church, a grange hall, and public school, but none of these remain at the site today.

[5] The school at Minerva served students in grades 1 through 8, and older students attended boarding school in Florence.