Gaylord, Oregon
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Gaylord is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 12 miles (19 km) south of Myrtle Point on Oregon Route 542, near the South Fork Coquille River.[2]
A station named Gaylord Siding was established on the Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1916.[3][4] A post office named Gaylord was established nearby in 1927; it closed in 1958. The source of the name is unknown.[3]
Author Ralph Friedman says of Gaylord that it is "Nothing but a name".[5]
References
- ^ a b "Gaylord". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
- ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
- ^ ISBN 978-0875952772.
- OCLC 4874569.
- ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
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