Coos County, Oregon
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National protected areas

  • Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
    Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge
    Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge on Oregon's coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex and is renowned among bird watchers for being able to view rare shorebirds including Ruff, Hudsonian...

  • Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
    Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge
    Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge is a U.S. National Wildlife Refuge off the southwestern Oregon Coast. It is one of six National Wildlife Refuges comprising the Oregon Coast National Wildlife Refuge Complex...

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  • Siskiyou National Forest (part)
  • Siuslaw National Forest
    Siuslaw National Forest
    Siuslaw National Forest is a national forest in western Oregon, United States. Established in 1908, the Siuslaw is made up of a wide variety of ecosystems, ranging from coastal forests to sand dunes.- Geography :...

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Incorporated cities

  • Bandon
    Bandon, Oregon
    - Economy :Like many communities on the Oregon coast, Bandon had significant fishing and timber industries, which were greatly diminished by the 1980s, though some remnants still exist. Bandon's current economy revolves around wood products, fishing, tourism, and agriculture...

  • Coos Bay
    Coos Bay, Oregon
    Coos Bay is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. The city borders the city of North Bend, and together they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or the Bay Area...

  • Coquille
    Coquille, Oregon
    Coquille is a city that is the county seat of Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 4,184 at the 2000 census. The 2007 estimate is 4,215 residents. The primary economic base is the timber industry...

  • Lakeside
    Lakeside, Oregon
    Lakeside is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,371 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which is land and is water.-Demographics:...

  • Myrtle Point
    Myrtle Point, Oregon
    -2000 Census data:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,451 people, 988 households, and 674 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,529.5 people per square mile . There were 1,110 housing units at an average density of 692.7 per square mile...

  • North Bend
    North Bend, Oregon
    North Bend is a city in Coos County, Oregon, in the United States with a population of 9,695 as of the 2010 census. North Bend is surrounded on three sides by Coos Bay, an S-shaped water inlet and estuary where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean, and borders the city of Coos Bay,...

  • Powers
    Powers, Oregon
    Powers is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 689 at the 2010 census.It is 21 miles south of Oregon Route 42 at Myrtle Point on Powers Highway Powers is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 689 at the 2010 census.It is 21 miles south of...


  • Unincorporated communities and CDPs

    • Allegany
      Allegany, Oregon
      Allegany is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States east of Coos Bay. According to Oregon Geographic Names, a post office was established there in 1893, and it is unknown why this spelling was chosen rather than the more common form, Allegheny, used for many features in...

    • Arago
      Arago, Oregon
      Arago is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, on the Coquille River, about six miles south of Coquille. The area's elevation is 30 feet...

    • Barview
      Barview, Oregon
      Barview is a census-designated place in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,872 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Barview is located at...

    • Bridge
      Bridge, Oregon
      Bridge is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is about eleven miles east of Myrtle Point on Oregon Route 42 near the Middle Fork Coquille River, on the route of the old Coos Bay Wagon Road....

    • Broadbent
      Broadbent, Oregon
      Broadbent is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. Broadbent is located along Oregon Route 242 south of Myrtle Point. Broadbent has a post office with ZIP code 97414....

    • Bunker Hill
      Bunker Hill, Oregon
      Bunker Hill is a census-designated place in Coos County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2010 census the population was 1,444.-Geography:...

    • Charleston
      Charleston, Oregon
      Charleston is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the ocean entrance to Coos Bay. According to the local chamber of commerce, it is the area's "commercial and sport fishing center", and the community also provides services for the seafood processing...

  • Cooston
    Cooston, Oregon
    Cooston is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the east shore of Coos Bay across from North Bend, about eight miles from the city of Coos Bay....

  • Dellwood
    Dellwood, Oregon
    Dellwood is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 12 miles east of Coos Bay, east of Oregon Route 241 on the South Fork Coos River....

  • Dora
    Dora, Oregon
    Dora is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 19 miles east of Coquille near the East Fork Coquille River on the former route of the Coos Bay Wagon Road. It is in the Southern Oregon Coast Range....

  • Fairview
    Fairview, Coos County, Oregon
    Fairview is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. Fairview is northeast of Coquille....

  • Gaylord
    Gaylord, Oregon
    Gaylord is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located about 12 miles south of Myrtle Point on Oregon Route 542, near the South Fork Coquille River....

  • Glasgow
  • Gravelford
    Gravelford, Oregon
    Gravelford is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located about eight miles northeast of Myrtle Point, at the confluence of the North Fork Coquille River and the East Fork Coquille River....

  • Green Acres
    Green Acres, Coos County, Oregon
    Green Acres is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, east of Oregon Route 42 between Coos Bay and Coquille. It is near the southernmost point of the Isthmus Slough of Coos Bay....

  • Hauser
    Hauser, Oregon
    Hauser is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 101, about seven miles south of Lakeside and six miles north of North Bend. Hauser is on the edge of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area near North Slough, a tributary of Coos Bay once...

  • Laurel Grove
    Laurel Grove, Oregon
    Laurel Grove is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 101....

  • Leneve
    Leneve, Oregon
    Leneve is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, named after a pioneer family. Its post office operated from April 5, 1917 to May 31, 1934....

  • Libby
    Libby, Oregon
    Libby, previously known as Easport, is an unincorporated community on Colbank Slough in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It was named for a Native American woman. Its post office was established on June 11, 1890 and operated for just two years. Enoch Gore was postmaster....

  • McKinley
    McKinley, Oregon
    McKinley is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. Its post office was established in June 1897 with Homer Shepherd postmaster....

  • Millington
    Millington, Oregon
    Millington is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Coast Highway 101. Millington has a Coos Bay mailing address....

  • Norway
    Norway, Oregon
    Norway is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, located between Coquille and Myrtle Point on Oregon Route 42, near the Coquille River....

  • Prosper
    Prosper, Oregon
    Prosper is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located about three miles northwest of Bandon next to the Coquille River. There is no longer a town at the site....

  • Riverton
    Riverton, Oregon
    Riverton is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 42S, about 12 miles up the Coquille River from Bandon. Route 42S is the former alignment of U.S. Route 101....

  • Remote
    Remote, Oregon
    Remote is an unincorporated community located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, on the Coquille River.Remote was named by local pioneers for its distance from other settlements. Its post office was established in 1887...

  • Sitkum
    Sitkum, Oregon
    Sitkum is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is about 27 miles north of Remote in the Southern Oregon Coast Range on near the East Fork Coquille River...

  • Sumner
    Sumner, Oregon
    Sumner is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is located about ten miles southeast of Coos Bay on the route of the old Coos Bay Wagon Road....


  • See also

    • National Register of Historic Places listings in Coos County, Oregon
    • Steamboats of the Coquille River
      Steamboats of the Coquille River
      The Coquille River starts in the Siskiyou National Forest and flows hundreds of miles through the Coquille Valley on its way to the Pacific Ocean. Bandon, Oregon, sits at the mouth of the Coquille River on the Pacific Ocean...

    • Steamboats of Coos Bay
      Steamboats of Coos Bay
      The Steamboats of Coos Bay operated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries on Coos Bay, a large and mostly shallow harbor on the southwest coast of the U.S. state of Oregon, to the north of the Coquille River valley...


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