"97137" . . "503 and 971" . "Champoeg, Oregon"@en . "-8" . "-7" . . "Champoeg (/\u0283\u00E6m\u02C8pu\u02D0i\u02D0/ sham-POO-ee, historically /\u0283\u00E6m\u02C8pu\u02D0\u025B\u0261/ 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, approximately 5 mi (8 km) southeast of Newberg."@en . . . . . . .