Allegany is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Coos County, Oregon Coos County ( ) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 64,929. The county seat is Coquille. The county was formed from the western parts of Umpqua and Jackson counties. It is named a ...

, United States. It lies at the upstream end of the

Millicoma River __NOTOC__ The Millicoma River is a coast stream, about long, east of Coos Bay in the U.S. state of Oregon. Formed by the confluence of the East Fork Millicoma River and the West Fork Millicoma River at Allegany, it meanders across relatively fla ...

, where the

East Fork Millicoma River __NOTOC__ The East Fork Millicoma River is a tributary, about long, of the Millicoma River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Rising in eastern Coos County, it flows generally west to the community of Allegany, where it joins the West Fork Millicoma R ...

and

West Fork Millicoma River The West Fork Millicoma River is a tributary, about long, of the Millicoma River in the U.S. state of Oregon. Rising in northeastern Coos County near the Douglas County line, it flows generally southwest through the Elliott State Forest of the ...

join to form the

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, a short tributary of the

Coos River The Coos River flows for about into Coos Bay along the Pacific coast of southwest Oregon in the United States. Formed by the confluence of its major tributaries, the South Fork Coos River and the Millicoma River, it drains an important timber-pro ...

Oregon Route 241 Oregon Route 241 (OR 241) is an Oregon state highway running from U.S. Route 101 (US 101) in Coos Bay to Nesika County Park in Coos County. OR 241 is known as the Coos River Highway No. 241 (see Oregon highways and routes). It is long and r ...

passes through Allegany. The community borders the Elliott State Forest. The Golden and Silver Falls State Natural Area is a state park northeast of Allegany. It features two waterfalls in an

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setting.

History

A post office was established at Allegany on March 25, 1893, and it is unknown why this spelling was chosen. ''Allegany'' is used for several geographic features in the state of

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, while ''Allegheny'' is the preferred spelling in

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. William Vincamp was the first post master. Due to the lack of good roads and other more modern transportation in these areas, the small (14 tons) gasoline-propeller ''

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'', built 1919, was on the run up the

from Marshfield to Allegany until 1948.

References

Unincorporated communities in Coos County, Oregon 1893 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1893 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{CoosCountyOR-geo-stub