Westfir is a city in Lane County, Oregon, United States.

[8][9] A major customer of the mill at this time was the Southern Pacific Railroad, which was building its line over Willamette Pass between Eugene and Klamath Falls in the 1920s and passing through Westfir.

[7] In 1977, Hines closed the mills and sold the entire town, including the water and sewer system.

[8] The town's new owners wanted the utilities to be in public ownership, so local residents voted to incorporate in 1979.

[9] Oregon's longest existing covered bridge, the Office Bridge, was built across the North Fork Middle Fork Willamette River in 1944 to connect the Westfir Lumber Company mill to the main office.

[10] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.33 square miles (0.85 km2), all of it land.

[11] This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F.

29.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

21.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 6.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

[16] The Dead Mountain Echo was a weekly newspaper published in Oakridge that also served the Westfir community.