Azalea (formerly Starveout, Starve Out, and Booth) is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Oregon, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Glendale on Interstate 5, at an elevation of 1,657 feet (505 m).The name Azalea was used for two different post offices in the upper Cow Creek Valley in Douglas County.A post office named "Starveout" was established in 1888.[2] Azalea is the hometown of decathlete and Olympian Tom Pappas.This Douglas County, Oregon state location article is a stub.