Green Acres, Coos County, Oregon

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Coordinates: 43°15′27″N 124°12′17″W / 43.25750°N 124.20472°W / 43.25750; -124.20472
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Green Acres, Oregon
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Green Acres (or Greenacres) is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States, east of Oregon Route 42 between Coos Bay and Coquille. It is near the southernmost point of the Isthmus Slough of Coos Bay.

The area that is now Green Acres was a 700-acre (2.8 km2) farm homesteaded by master shipbuilder John Kruse, a Danish immigrant, in the late 19th century.[2] Kruse was best known for building the Western Shore, a three-masted wooden clipper ship that was one of the largest tall ships ever built on the West Coast of the United States.[3] She set several speed records.[2]

Today the community has a

Coos Bay School District that closed in 1985.[7][8] Green Acres is also home to the Noble Creek Fish Hatchery.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Green Acres". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Koppy, Ann (September 1997). "A Look Back at Shipbuilder John Kruse". The Whole Shebang!. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  3. ^ "A Selective Chronology of South Coast History: Origins to 1899". Coos Historical & Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  4. The World
    . April 28, 2005. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  5. The World
    . Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  6. ^ "Churches". Bay Area Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  7. ^ "Green Acres School (historical)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  8. ^ "Five rural schools in Coos Bay area shut down". The Register-Guard. October 31, 2009. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
  9. The World. Oregon Wild. Archived from the original
    on January 3, 2011. Retrieved December 24, 2009.
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