Shady Cove is a city in Jackson County, Oregon, United States.

Before that, the nearby towns of Trail to the north and Eagle Point to the south were the historic population centers.

[6] In 1882, the post stopped in Etna for the first time,[6] though the Postal Service did not establish an office in a place called Shady Cove until September 12, 1939, a Mrs. Lillian Hukill as postmistress.

It is possible that a man named Barnes established a town site he called "The Cove".

[8] However, according to Barbara Hegne, a local historian, the name for Shady Cove came from a speculative operation by some Medford businessmen.

They bought some land for summer homes on the east side of the river and called their business the "Shady Cove Country Club".

The first bridge over the Rogue River in Shady Cove was built in 1921[6] and washed away by the Christmas flood of 1964.

[7] The already above-average rainfall for the year was followed by a historic warm-temperature storm, called a Pineapple Express.

The structure held for roughly seven hours as logs piled up behind it until nine in the evening on December 23, when the bridge washed away.

Initially, the Shady Cove School functioned as a refuge and a food distribution point.

Shady Cove is in northern Jackson County, on both sides of the Rogue River.

The west boundary of Crater Lake National Park is 43 miles (69 km) to the northeast via Route 62.

Tourism replaced timber, and now the major industry of the town is in the service sector focused on the presence of the Rogue River.

"[8] The department was established in 1956 and is tasked with 34 square miles of Jackson County, Oregon.

[17] After the April 2007 termination of a federal program for counties reliant on a declining lumber industry and the defeat of a May 2007 property tax levy that would have closed much of the deficit, the libraries were privatized by LSSI, a for-profit company headquartered in Maryland.

[18] The city has a community center that offers a food pantry, a thrift store, youth activities and a lunch program on Wednesdays.

The county also runs the Riverhouse, a popular wedding and event venue that can be rented all year.

Shady Cove is part of Jackson County school district number 9, which includes Eagle Point, White City, and the surrounding areas.