Dora, Oregon

Dora is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about 19 miles east of Coquille near the East Fork Coquille River on the former route of the Coos Bay Wagon Road.[2] It is in the Southern Oregon Coast Range.[2]

Dora post office was established in 1874.[3]

At one time Dora had a United Brethren academy, a Grange hall, and a public school.[4] As of 1990 the only commercial or public building remaining was a store.[4]

Dora shares a rural fire protection district with nearby Sitkum.

References

  1. ^ "Dora". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1136227. Retrieved 2011-02-09. 
  2. ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8. 
  3. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
  4. ^ a b Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 225–226. ISBN 0-87004-332-3. http://books.google.com/books. 

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