Sixes, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

Sixes, Oregon

Unincorporated community

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Sixes

Location within the state of Oregon

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Sixes

Sixes (the United States)

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Coordinates: 42°49′13″N 124°28′55″W﻿ / ﻿42.82028°N 124.48194°W﻿ / 42.82028; -124.48194
Country| United States
State| Oregon
County| Curry
Elevation

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| 23 ft (7 m)
Time zone| UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code|

97476[2]

Area codes| 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID| 1149566[1]

Sixes is an unincorporated community in Curry County, Oregon, United States. It is along U.S. Route 101 and the Sixes River, east of Cape Blanco and the Cape Blanco Lighthouse.

Accounts vary as to the origin of the name "Sixes". The community was named after the river. One local postmaster said Sixes was named for a Native American chief. Another source said that in 1851, the river was usually called the "Sikhs River" after the Chinook Jargon word for "friend", and on maps it was called the "Sequalchin River". Another source says the Native American name for the river was "Sa-qua-mi". Hodge's Handbook of American Indians says that one of the variants of the name of the local tribe, the Kwatami (a subdivision of the Tututni), was "Sik-ses-tene", which is said to mean "people by the far north country". Though this is most likely the real source of the name, the spelling "Sixes" was probably used by miners drawn to the Oregon gold rush who were familiar with the Chinook word "sikhs". The current spelling was used as early as 1855, and Sixes' post office was established in 1888.[3] The Sixes post office has since closed.[citation needed]

## See also

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* List of places with numeric names

## References

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1. ^ a b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Sixes, Oregon
2. ^ "Sixes ZIP Code". zipdatamaps.com. 2022. Retrieved November 11, 2022.
3. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.

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Municipalities and communities of Curry County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Gold Beach

Cities|

* Brookings
* Gold Beach
* Port Orford

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CDPs|

* Harbor
* Langlois
* Nesika Beach
* Pistol River
* Wedderburn

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communities|

* Agness
* Bagnell Ferry
* Carpenterville
* Denmark
* Hunter Creek
* Illahe
* Marial
* Ophir
* Plum Trees
* Sixes

Ghost town|

* Frankport

Indian reservation|

* Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Reservation‡

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‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties

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