- Dellwood, Oregon
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Dellwood is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 12 miles east of Coos Bay, east of Oregon Route 241 on the South Fork Coos River.[2]
Dellwood was originally named Idlewood, but when a post office was established there in 1940, postal officials did not approve the name because of its similarity to Idleyld in Douglas County.[3] Dellwood was chosen from among several suggestions for its similarity to the old name.[3] The post office closed in 1954.[3]
Dellwood is the site of a Weyerhaeuser log yard and was once a log dump for sending rafts of logs downriver to Coos Bay for export.[4][5] Access to the South Fork Coos River above Dellwood for recreational use, including hunting and fishing, is regulated by Weyerhaeuser.[6] The Weyerhaeuser sawmill at Dellwood was closed in 1991.[7]
References
- ^ "Dellwood". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1119852. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 52. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ a b c McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 277. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ "Silt clogs channel, limits flow of logs". The Register-Guard. May 16, 1986. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZrdjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=F-EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4709,3971978&dq=dellwood+coos+weyerhaeuser&hl=en.
- ^ "Fading Picture". The Register-Guard. February 17, 1991. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=IFNWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=zesDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5268,4135203&dq=dellwood+coos&hl=en.
- ^ "Weyerhaeuser Recreational Access Guidelines". Weyerhaeuser. http://www.weyerhaeuser.com/pdfs/businesses/recreationalaccess/Coos%20Bay%20-%20Weyerhaeuser%20Recreational%20Access%20Guidelines.pdf. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
- ^ "Mill Closures". Pulp and Paperworkers Resource Council. http://www.propertyrightsresearch.org/articles4/mill_closures.htm. Retrieved 2011-04-06.
Coordinates: 43°22′08″N 124°00′50″W / 43.3690018°N 124.0139916°W
Municipalities and communities of Coos County, Oregon Cities Bandon | Coos Bay | Coquille | Lakeside | Myrtle Point | North Bend | Powers
CDPs Unincorporated
communitiesAllegany | Arago | Bridge | Broadbent | Charleston | Dellwood | Dora | Fairview | Gaylord | Gravelford | Green Acres | Hauser | Laurel Grove | Leneve | Libby | McKinley | Millington | Norway | Prosper | Remote | Riverton | Sitkum | Sumner
Categories:- Unincorporated communities in Coos County, Oregon
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