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Coastline of Brookings as seen from U.S. Highway 101. Brookings is located along the southern Oregon coast at the mouth of the Chetco River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 3.94 square miles (10.20 km 2), of which 3.87 square miles (10.02 km 2) is land and 0.07 square miles (0.18 km 2) is water. [17]
The Lookout Air Raids were minor but historic Japanese air raids that occurred in the mountains of Oregon, several miles outside Brookings during World War II. [1]On September 9, 1942, a Japanese Yokosuka E14Y Glen floatplane, launched from a Japanese submarine, dropped two incendiary bombs with the intention of starting a forest fire.
AreaVibes employs the term "livability score" as a way to rank various cities, towns, and neighborhoods. While reporting for the Belleville News-Democrat in 2014, Mark Hodapp stated that AreaVibes "created the scoring system using a unique algorithm" and that the livability score is "designed to help people find the best places to live."
Curry County is the southwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Oregon located on the South Coast. As of the 2020 census, the population was 23,446. [1] The county seat is Gold Beach. [2] The county is named for George Law Curry, a two-time governor of the Oregon Territory. [3] Curry County includes the Brookings, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area.
The Chetco Bar Fire was a wildfire in the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, Oregon, United States.The fire, which was caused by a lightning strike and first reported on July 12, 2017. . It burned 191,125 acres (773 km 2) as of November 4, when it was declared 100% contain
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Brookings Airport (IATA: BOK, ICAO: KBOK, FAA LID: BOK) is a public-use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) northeast of the central business district of Brookings, a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. [1]
Edward Delon Warren (1953 – 2003) was an American serial killer and criminal. A robber and burglar, Warren was convicted for the 1979 double murder of a couple in Brookings, Oregon and sentenced to death. [1]