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Bandon (/ ˈ b æ n d ən /) is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States, on the south side of the mouth of the Coquille River. It was named by George Bennet, an Irish peer, who settled nearby in 1873 and named the town after Bandon in Ireland , his hometown.
The term Oregon's Bay Area refers to the Greater Coos Bay-North Bend-Charleston Area; a 27.71 square mile community located on the Coos Bay Peninsula in Southwest Oregon. Oregon's Bay Area (also called the Coos Bay Micropolitan Statistical Area) has a total urban population of 31,995 (2017), and a MSA population of 64,709 (2012). [5]
Coos Bay National Bank, headquartered here until 1956, played a leading role in the development of Coos Bay during the period between the world wars and in the city's emergence as a major lumber port. [9] 21: Coquille City Hall: Coquille City Hall: October 14, 1992 : 99 E. 2nd St.
Although exploration and trapping in the area occurred as early as 1828, the first European-American settlement was established at Empire City in 1853 by members of the Coos Bay Company; this is now part of the city of Coos Bay. Coos County was created by the Territorial Legislature from parts of Umpqua, and Jackson counties on December 22, 1853.
It is the largest estuary completely within Oregon state lines. [3] [4] The Coos Bay watershed covers an area of about 600 square miles and is located in northern Coos County, Oregon, in the United States. The Coos River, which begins in the Oregon Coast Range, enters the bay from the east. From Coos River, the bay forms a sharp loop northward ...
The section of Oregon Route 42 between the junction with U.S. Route 101 south of Coos Bay and the junction with Oregon Route 42S in Coquille was once a part of U.S. Route 101. When U.S. Route 101 was moved to an alignment closer to the ocean in 1961-63, Oregon Route 42 was extended along the northernmost section and Oregon Route 42S was created ...
View from Cape Perpetua lookout of Highway 101 winding along the Oregon coast south of Cape Perpetua. North of Coos Bay, the highway runs along the eastern flank of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, through the communities of North Bend, Hauser, Lakeside, and Winchester Bay before coming into the city of Reedsport on the mouth of the Umpqua River.
Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area is a state park in Coos County, Oregon, United States, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The nearest settlement is Allegany . See also