Dora, Oregon
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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
- ↑ "Dora". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. pp. 225–226. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
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Coordinates: 43°09′21″N 123°57′22″W / 43.155945°N 123.956208°W
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