Gardiner is named for a Boston merchant whose ship, the Bostonian, shipwrecked at the mouth of the Umpqua on October 1, 1850.[4] Gardiner was seeking to trade along the river, and most of his goods were saved from the ship and moved to the location that came to be the town of Gardiner.[4] In 1851, the site became the headquarters of the Umpqua customs district, and a post office named "Gardiners City" was established the same year.[4] The name of the post office changed to "Gardiner City" and eventually to its current name.
The Gardiner Historic District, which encompasses nearly all of Gardiner,[1] has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1994.[2] Several steamboats were constructed at Gardiner for trade up the Umpqua River.
Outside the remnants of the International Paper mill in Gardiner, Oregon.
A plywood plant opened in Gardiner in 1954, joining the lumber mill (or sawmill) that had been in the town for many years.[citation needed]
A railroad, the Longview, Portland & Northern (LP&N), served the IP mill until it closed.[8] The railroad runs from East Gardiner Junction to the old plant site.
Climate
This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 71.6 °F (22.0 °C). According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Gardiner has a warm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.[9]
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