Remote, Oregon
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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. Oregon Route 42 used to run through the center of the community, but realignment of the highway has left Remote several hundred yards away.[1]
Like Oregon communities Nimrod and Boring, Remote is often cited on lists of odd place names. William Least Heat-Moon mentions the community in Blue Highways: A Journey Into America.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur [1928] (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition, Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Least Heat-Moon, William (1982). Blue Highways: A Journey Into America. New York: Ballantine, 4. ISBN 0-449-20432-4.
[edit] External links
- Image of the "Remote Store" from the Images of the Western States and Provinces page by the director of the Geography Computing Facility at University of California, Berkeley
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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