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Cape Arago Highway
Oregon Route 540 (OR 540) is an Oregon state highway running from North Bend to Cape Arago State Park. OR 540 is known as the Cape Arago Highway No. 240 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is long and runs northeast to southwest, entirely within Coos County. OR 540 was established in 2003 as part of Oregon's project to assign route numbers to highways that previously were not assigned. It was signed at its intersection with US 101 in 2013. Route description Though not a "Highway" in the traditional sense, OR 540 begins at the intersection of Sheridan Avenue and Virginia Avenue in North Bend. Sheridan Avenue carries the northbound traffic of US 101. It travels west along Virginia Avenue, turning south onto Broadway Street, then west again on Newmark Avenue where it enters the city of Coos Bay. At the western edge of Coos Bay, OR 540 turns southwest, traveling through the towns of Barview and Charleston. For its remaining length, the highway skirts the coastline to Ca ...
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Cape Arago State Park
Cape Arago State Park is a state park in the U.S. state of Oregon, administered by the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. Cape Arago is north of Bandon and 15 miles southwest of Coos Bay on Cape Arago Highway in Coos County. History In 1579, Sir Francis Drake is purported to have sought shelter for his ship, the ''Golden Hind'', around Cape Arago."History of Coos Bay"
. City of Coos Bay. Accessed September 2010.
The headland was originally named Cape Gregory by on March 12, 1778 after Saint Gregory, the saint of that day; it was renamed Cape Arago after

North Bend, Oregon
North Bend is a city in Coos County, Oregon, Coos County, Oregon, United States with a population of 9,695 as of the 2010 census."Incorporated Cities: North Bend"
Oregon Blue Book (website). Accessed May 2010.
North Bend is surrounded on three sides by Coos Bay, an S-shaped water inlet and estuary where the Coos River enters Coos Bay and borders the city of Coos Bay, Oregon, Coos Bay to the south. North Bend became an incorporated city in 1903.


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Before Europeans visited the Oregon coast, Native American tribes claimed the Coos Bay region as their homeland for thousands of years.
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Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The 42nd parallel north, 42° north parallel delineates the southern boundary with California and Nevada. The western boundary is formed by the Pacific Ocean. Oregon has been home to many Indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous nations for thousands of years. The first European traders, explorers, and settlers began exploring what is now Oregon's Pacific coast in the early to mid-16th century. As early as 1564, the Spanish expeditions to the Pacific Northwest, Spanish began sending vessels northeast from the Philippines, riding the Kuroshio Current in a sweeping circular route across the northern part of the Pacific. In 1592, Juan de Fuca undertook detailed mapping a ...
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State Highway
A state highway, state road, or state route (and the equivalent provincial highway, provincial road, or provincial route) is usually a road that is either Route number, numbered or maintained by a sub-national state or province. A road numbered by a state or province falls below numbered national highways (Canada being Trans-Canada Highway#Jurisdiction and designation, a notable exception to this rule) in the hierarchy (route numbers are used to aid navigation, and may or may not indicate ownership or maintenance). Roads maintained by a state or province include both nationally numbered highways and un-numbered state highways. Depending on the state, "state highway" may be used for one meaning and "state road" or "state route" for the other. In some countries such as New Zealand, the word "state" is used in its sense of a sovereign state or country. By this meaning a state highway is a road maintained and numbered by the national government rather than local authorities. By co ...
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Oregon Highways And Routes
The state highway system of the U.S. state of Oregon is a network of highways that are owned and maintained by the Highway Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Highways and routes The state highway system consists of about of state highways, that is, roadways owned and maintained by ODOT. When minor connections and frontage roads are removed, that number drops to approximately or around 9% of the total road mileage in the state. Oregon's portion of the Interstate Highway System totals .Oregon Department of Transportation, ww.oregon.gov/ODOT/Data/Documents/OMR_2006.pdf 2006 Oregon Mileage Report July 2007 Transfers of highways between the state and county or local maintenance require the approval of the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC), a five-member governor-appointed authority that meets monthly. These transfers often result in discontinuous highways, where a local government maintains part or all of a main road within its boundaries.Oregon ...
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Coos County, Oregon
Coos County ( ) is one of the Oregon counties, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 64,929. The county seat is Coquille, Oregon, Coquille. The county was formed from the western parts of Umpqua County, Oregon, Umpqua and Jackson County, Oregon, Jackson counties. It Oregon Geographic Names, is named after a tribe of Native Americans in the United States, Native Americans who live in the region. Coos County comprises the Coos Bay, OR Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Coos Bay is the homeland of two bands of Native people, Miluk and Hanis. Both today are often referred to as "Coos". Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis and Clark noted Cook-koo-oose for Coos Bay people. The origin of the name "Coos" is probably influenced both by the Lewis and Clark reference and the name for the region in the Hanis and Miluk languages, kuukwis. Early maps and documents spelled it Kowes, Cowes, Coose, Koos, among others. A ...
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State Highways In Oregon
The state highway system of the U.S. state of Oregon is a network of highways that are owned and maintained by the Highway Division of the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). Highways and routes The state highway system consists of about of state highways, that is, roadways owned and maintained by ODOT. When minor connections and frontage roads are removed, that number drops to approximately or around 9% of the total road mileage in the state. Oregon's portion of the Interstate Highway System totals .Oregon Department of Transportation, ww.oregon.gov/ODOT/Data/Documents/OMR_2006.pdf 2006 Oregon Mileage Report July 2007 Transfers of highways between the state and county or local maintenance require the approval of the Oregon Transportation Commission (OTC), a five-member governor-appointed authority that meets monthly. These transfers often result in discontinuous highways, where a local government maintains part or all of a main road within its boundaries.Oregon ...
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Coos Bay, Oregon
Coos Bay () is a city located in Coos County, Oregon, United States, where the Coos River enters Coos Bay on the Pacific Ocean. It shares Coos Bay with the adjacent city of North Bend, Oregon, North Bend. Together, they are often referred to as one entity called either Coos Bay-North Bend or Oregon's Bay Area. Coos Bay's population as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census was 15,985 residents, making it the most populous city on the Oregon Coast. Oregon's Bay Area is estimated to be home to 32,308 (Coos Bay Census County Division). History Prior to Europeans first visiting the Oregon coast, Native American tribes claimed the Coos Bay region as their homeland for thousands of years."Bay Area History"


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Barview, Oregon
Barview is a census-designated place (CDP) in Coos County, Oregon, United States. The population was 1,844 at the 2010 census. Geography Barview is located along the southern Oregon Coast opposite the entrance to Coos Bay. It is west of the city of Coos Bay via the Cape Arago Highway. According to the United States Census Bureau, the Barview CDP has a total area of , of which is land and , or 22.89%, is water. Demographics 2000 Census data As of the census of 2000, there were 1,872 people, 760 households, and 525 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 842 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.83% White, 0.21% African American, 3.26% Native American, 1.44% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 0.59% from other races, and 2.62% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.99% of the population. There were 760 households, out of which 24.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53. ...
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Charleston, Oregon
Charleston () is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. Charleston is the least populated (Pop. 795 017 community in Oregon's Bay Area and is Home to a large commercial fishing fleet, it is adjacent to the ocean entrance to Coos Bay. Charleston is the site of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology and the United States Coast Guard Charleston Lifeboat Station. Charleston was named for Charles Haskell, a settler who filed a land claim along South Slough in 1853. South Slough is an arm of Coos Bay, which it enters near the bay's mouth on the Pacific Ocean. Oregon Route 540, which crosses the slough southwest of Barview, passes through Charleston and links it to three state parks further south along the coast: Sunset Bay, Shore Acres, and Cape Arago. Postal authorities established a post office in Charleston in 1924. The community's ZIP code is 97420. Estuarine Research Reserve The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a reserve alo ...
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OR 540 Bridge
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State Routes In Oregon
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