Sumner, Oregon

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Sumner, Oregon
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Coordinates: 43°16′54″N124°09′03″W / 43.28167°N 124.15083°W / 43.28167; -124.15083
Country United States
State Oregon
County Coos
Elevation
16 ft (5 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s) 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1136798 [1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System

Sumner is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Coos Bay on the route of the old Coos Bay Wagon Road. [2]

According to William Gladstone Steel, the community was founded in 1888 by John B. Dalley (other sources have the spelling as "Dulley" [3] ), who named it after Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts senator who died in 1874. [4] Sumner post office was established in 1874, so according to Oregon Geographic Names , Steel must have been incorrect about the 1888 founding date. [4] Dalley was the first postmaster, and the office closed in 1961. [4] In 1915, Sumner had a population of 100. [5] As of 1990, the community had one store. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Sumner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 51. ISBN   978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. "Sumner". Oregon Teacher's Monthly. 15 (1). Salem, Oregon: 252. 1910.
  4. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 922. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  5. 1 2 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 224. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.