McKinley is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in Coos County,

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, United States. McKinley lies along Middle Creek, a tributary of the North Fork Coquille River, northeast of Myrtle Point in the Southern Oregon Coast Range. Homer Shepherd suggested the name in honor of President

William McKinley William McKinley (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until Assassination of William McKinley, his assassination in 1901. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Repub ...

. Shepherd helped establish the McKinley post office in June 1897 and served as its first postmaster.

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Unincorporated communities in Coos County, Oregon 1897 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1897 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{CoosCountyOR-geo-stub