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is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. The population was 20,100 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Woodburn, historically a farming community, was founded by Jesse H. Settlemier in 1889. The Jesse H. Settlemier House is now a museum located on Settlemier Avenue. Lewis McArthur recorded in
that according to Charles E. Nebergall, Woodburn was named for a slash burn that got out of control and burned down a nearby woodlot in the 1880s, after the railroad line had been laid through the area.