Chitwood, Lincoln County, Oregon
"Chitwood. A p o and station on
the C & E R R, in Lincoln county, on the Yaquina river. First settled in 1878.
53 miles w of Corvallis, the banking point,
and 15 e of Toledo, the county seat. pop, 200. Mail, daily. Charles B. Mason,
PM. Mason Charles B. General Store. Wilson JE, nursery."
Oregon, Washington & Alaska Gazetteer and Business Directory 1901-1902
"Chitwood-Population 50. On Corvallis & Eastern
Railroad. Agriculture, horticulture, live stock raising,
dairying, poultry raising, lumbering and logging. Graded public school.
Adventist church."
The State of Oregon, Its Resources and Opportunities
1915