Cooston 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 ...
in
Coos County,
Oregon
Oregon () is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of it ...
, United States.
It is located on the east shore of
Coos Bay across from
North Bend, about eight miles from the city of
Coos Bay.
The origin of the name Cooston is the same of that of Coos County, after the
Coos people
Coos people are an indigenous people of the Northwest Plateau, living in Oregon. They live on the southwest Oregon Pacific coast. Today, Coos people are enrolled in the following federally recognized tribes:
* Confederated Tribes of the Coos, ...
.
Cooston post office was established in 1908 and closed in 1939.
[ The post office was named by town founder William E. Homme, who was also the first postmaster.][ Homme's father was the founder of Wittenberg, Wisconsin.][ Before moving to Cooston, Homme published the ''Glendale News'' in ]Glendale Glendale is the anglicised version of the Gaelic Gleann Dail, which means ''valley of fertile, low-lying arable land''.
It may refer to:
Places Australia
* Glendale, New South Wales
** Stockland Glendale, a shopping centre
*Glendale, Queensland, ...
.[
]
References
Unincorporated communities in Coos County, Oregon
1908 establishments in Oregon
Populated places established in 1908
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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