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Coös County (/ ˈ k oʊ. ɒ s /, with two syllables) or Coos County [1] [2] is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of New Hampshire. As of the 2020 census, the population was 31,268, [3] making it the least-populated county in the state. The county seat is Lancaster. [4] Coös County is part of the Berlin, NH–VT Micropolitan ...
Berlin (/ ˈ b ɜːr l ɪ n / BUR-lin) [4] is a city along the Androscoggin River in Coös County in northern New Hampshire, United States. It is the northernmost city in New Hampshire and the only city in Coös County. The population was 9,425 at the 2020 census, [5] down from 10,051 at the 2010 census. [6]
Simple English; Svenska; ... Coos County is the name of two counties in the United States: Coös County, New Hampshire; Coos County, Oregon
The name was later given to a portion of northern Grafton County in 1803 when a new county, named Coos, was created. The location was originally a name associated with a part of the migratory Abenaki tribe. The location was known before 1704 to have military significance for several provincial governments and the leaders in New France.
Coos Bay is the homeland of two bands of Native people, Miluk and Hanis. Both today are often referred to as "Coos". [3] Lewis and Clark noted Cook-koo-oose for Coos Bay people. [4] The origin of the name "Coos" is probably influenced both by the Lewis and Clark reference and the name for the region in the Hanis and Miluk languages, kuukwis. [5]
Wolverine was built in Coos Bay in 1908, as was the steamboat Coquille. As of the census of 2000, there were 4,184 people, 1,686 households, and 1,129 families living in the city. The population density was 1,538.3 inhabitants per square mile (593.9/km 2). There were 1,850 housing units at an average density of 680.2 per square mile (262.6/km 2 ...
Myrtle Point is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States, established in 1887.The population was 2,514 at the 2010 census. [5] Located in the Coquille River Valley, Myrtle Point is part of the Coos Bay/North Bend/Charleston Metropolitan Statistical Area, which consists of all of Coos County.
In 1579, Sir Francis Drake is purported to have sought shelter for his ship, the Golden Hind, around Cape Arago. [2] [3] The headland was originally named Cape Gregory by James Cook on March 12, 1778 after Saint Gregory, the saint of that day; it was renamed Cape Arago after François Arago.