Beaver Hill, Oregon
Beaver Hill, Oregon | |
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  Beaver Hill Location within the state of Oregon  Beaver Hill Beaver Hill (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 43°13′47″N 124°16′06″W / 43.22972°N 124.26833°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Coos |
| Elevation | 138 ft (42 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1117447 |
Beaver Hill is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 12 miles (19 km) south of the city of Coos Bay, east of U.S. Route 101 and west of Oregon Route 42.[2]
Like nearby Coaledo, Beaver Hill was formerly a coal mining community.[3] The Beaver Hill mine was opened in 1894 by the J. D. Spreckels Company and the town was later owned by Southern Pacific.[4][5] By 1896, Beaver Hill was an important community in the area and on January 11, it incorporated as a city.[4] In 1926, 15 of the city's 16 remaining voters chose to disincorporate.[4] Today there is nothing left at the site.[2]
The community had a branch off the Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, but it never had a post office by the name Beaver Hill.[6] The post office at this locale was named Preuss; it ran from 1917 to 1924.[6] It was named for a local teacher, Rosa Preuss.[6] It is possible the name "Beaver Hill" for a post office would not have been approved because of the similarity to Beaverton and Beavercreek.[6]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Beaver Hill". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ^ a b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 227. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
- ^ a b c "A Selective Chronology of South Coast History: Origins to 1899". Coos Historical & Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ "Locomotive hauling ore railroad cars, Beaver Hill Coal Mine mill, Coos Bay, Oregon, ca. 1912". University of Washington. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
- ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0875952772.
External links
- Images of Beaver Hill from Flickr
- Historic image of the Beaver Hill Coal Mine from University of Washington Libraries
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |