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LocationButteville OR

Champoeg ( sham-POO-ee, historically sham-POO-eg) is a former town in the U.S. state of Oregon. Now a ghost town, it was an important settlement in the Willamette Valley in the early 1840s. Located halfway between Oregon City and Salem, it was the site of the first provisional government of the Oregon Country. The town site is on the south bank of the Willamette River in northern Marion County, on French Prairie, approximately 5 mi (8.0 km) southeast of Newberg. The town is now part of Champoeg State Heritage Area, an Oregon state park. The Champoeg State Park Historic Archeological District is within the heritage area. The name "Champoeg" comes from the Kalapuyan word [campuik], which might be an abbreviation of [ca-cima-puicuk], referring to the edible root [puicuk], or yampa.

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