Willamina is a city in Polk and Yamhill Counties in the U.S. state of Oregon.

[7] While looking for land to settle, the family came across a tributary of the South Yamhill River and named it for Mrs.

[7] James Maley died in 1847, and Willamina married Enos Williams in 1848.

[7] The office moved in 1863 about two miles west to the Jeremiah Lamson land claim.

The communities of Shipley and Sheridan are to the east, and Valley Junction is to the west.

[10] The ancestry of Willamina was 18.5% German, 12.9% Irish, 10.3% English, 7.4% Scottish, 3.7% Norwegian, 3.4% French, 2.9% Polish, and 2.0% Italian.

20.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

22.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

Willamina experienced an economic boom in 1907, when a brick-making company, the Pacific Face Brick Company, moved from Newberg and opened the Willamina Clay Products plant.

[1][12] The Sheridan and Willamina Railroad was built to the city because of the brick plant, which ran for 82 years.

[1] As of 2002, the city's largest employers were Spirit Mountain Casino in nearby Grand Ronde, Hampton Lumber Company, Willamina School District, Maben Trucking, and Eddy Trucking.

Willamina was formerly served by The Sun, Sheridan's weekly newspaper, which ceased publication in 2014.

Currently, Willamina is served by the News-Register, a county-wide publication based in McMinnville.

[18] The independent short line company Willamina and Grand Ronde Railroad (W&GR) extended the line south and west from Willamina to Grand Ronde in 1922; the W&GR changed ownership several times.