Charleston, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

43°20′24″N 124°19′48″W / 43.34000°N 124.33000°W / 43.34000; -124.33000CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyCoosElevation

^[1]

102 ft (31 m)Population

(2000)670

• Total795Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)ZIP codes

97420

Area code541GNIS feature ID1136140

Charleston (Coos: Milukwich^[2]) is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. Charleston is the least populated (Pop. 795 [2017]) community in Oregon's Bay Area and is Home to a large commercial fishing fleet, it is adjacent to the ocean entrance to Coos Bay.^[3] Charleston is the site of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology^[4] and the United States Coast Guard Charleston Lifeboat Station.^[5]

Charleston was named for Charles Haskell, a settler who filed a land claim along South Slough in 1853.^[6] South Slough is an arm of Coos Bay, which it enters near the bay's mouth on the Pacific Ocean.^[7] Oregon Route 540, which crosses the slough southwest of Barview, passes through Charleston and links it to three state parks further south along the coast: Sunset Bay, Shore Acres, and Cape Arago.^[7]

Postal authorities established a post office in Charleston in 1924.^[6] The community's ZIP code is 97420.^[8]

Estuarine Research Reserve

The South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, a 4,770-acre (1,930 ha) reserve along the Coos Bay Estuary, was established in Charleston in 1974.^[9] It was the first of 28 such reserves in the United States and the only one in Oregon.^[9]

References

^ "Charleston". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
^ "Hanis for Beginners" (PDF). Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 7, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2014.
^ "Sector North Bend Units: Station Coos Bay" (PDF). United States Coast Guard. December 21, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
^ "Oregon Institute of Marine Biology". University of Oregon. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ "Historic Life-Saving Stations to Visit in Oregon". National Park Service. March 21, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2016.
^ ^a ^b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 190. ISBN 978-0875952772.
^ ^a ^b Oregon Atlas and Gazetteer (Map) (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme Mapping. 2008. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
^ "Charleston, Oregon". United States Post Office. Retrieved December 28, 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Department of State Lands: Agency Subdivisions". Oregon Blue Book. Oregon Secretary of State. Retrieved December 29, 2016.