Gold Hill was named for a hill on the Rogue's south bank where gold was discovered. The town was at the rocky narrows of the Rogue, near the site of old toll bridges and across the river from the location of the important early settlement of Dardanelles. Gold Hill gained a SP RR depot and then a post office in 1884. Most of the town was swept away by the flooding Rogue in 1890, rebuilt and incorporated in 1895. The community lies at the junction of the Sams Valley Highway, Blackwell Road and Old Stage Road as the business and service center of the area.

A village since 1853, Eagle Point was named by early settlers for the nearby rocky cliff nesting place of eagles. Just off the Rogue on Little Butte Creek and what became the Brownsboro Highway, Eagle Point grew into a town. Mail came up from Medford by contract carriers and 1905 - 1920 by rail. With a golf course and super Walmart, the town now serves as the social and shopping center for residents up the Brownsboro Highway as well as a large outlying community.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

The Dudley post office was in the Spencer cabin home in section 10 township 34S, range 2E. Located about 6 miles N of Butte Falls in the mountains, the office served the homesteaders there and was named for C. J. Dudley who controlled the timber tract north of Butte Falls. Dudley died out and disappeared from maps.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

The post office was named for miner Silas Draper, the first postmaster. Located south of the Rogue River on the upper reaches of Foots Creek about seven miles SW of Gold Hill, Draper is on a side road connecting West Fork Road and Foots Creek Road.
Draper was actually closer to Rock Point but both post offices were discontinued on the same day with mail service going to Gold Hill.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Named for local cattle rancher David M. Deter, this post office was a flag station two miles south of the summit tunnel in the Siskiyous on the SP rail line at "old Gravel Pit Spur" one mile NE of Colestin. Grace Deter was the only postmaster. Deter post office's closing, like Siskiyou's, came with the decline of railroad stops and better rural mail service.
Where did they go? Following the mail trail of the DPOs of Jackson County, Oregon (SHS 979.5281 S93 2013)

Named for W. H. Derby, early settler and first of five postmasters, the community of Derby was located NE of Eagle Point, 9 miles W of Butte Falls Highway. The locale had great views of Mt. Pitt, a store and its own school district (1891-1953). When the Pacific and Eastern RR was extended from Medford to Butte Falls, Derby built a depot in 1910. The post office moved to the Derby Station in Feb. 1913. However, the railroad became a logging train and the road west improved.