Tenmile is an unincorporated community in Coos County,

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, United States. It is about south of

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and one mile (1.6 km) west of

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, on

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next to Tenmile Creek and the Oregon Dunes. Tenmile Lake was named for Tenmile Creek, which was said to be ten miles south of Winchester Bay.

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External links

Historic image of Tenmile Lake
from Salem Public Library
Images of Tenmile
from Flickr Unincorporated communities in Oregon Unincorporated communities in Coos County, Oregon {{CoosCountyOR-geo-stub