Sumner, Oregon
Sumner is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Coos Bay on the route of the old Coos Bay Wagon Road.
According to William Gladstone Steel, the community was founded in 1888 by John B. Dalley (other sources have the spelling as "Dulley"), who named it after Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts senator who died in 1874. Sumner post office was established in 1874, so according to Oregon Geographic Names, Steel must have been incorrect about the 1888 founding date. Dalley was the first postmaster, and the office closed in 1961. In 1915, Sumner had a population of 100. As of 1990, the community had one store.
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References
- ^ "Sumner". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
- ^ "Sumner". Oregon Teacher's Monthly. 15 (1). Salem, Oregon: 252. 1910.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 922. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 224. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
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