Tenmile, Coos County, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

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Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

Tenmile, Oregon

Unincorporated community

Tenmile

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Coordinates: 43°34′34″N 124°11′44″W﻿ / ﻿43.57611°N 124.19556°W﻿ / 43.57611; -124.19556
Country| United States
State| Oregon
County| Coos
Elevation

| 16 ft (5 m)
Time zone| UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)| UTC-7 (PDT)
Area codes| 458 and 541
GNIS feature ID| 1154644[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System

Tenmile is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 8 miles (13 km) south of Winchester Bay and one mile (1.6 km) west of Lakeside, on U.S. Route 101 next to Tenmile Creek and the Oregon Dunes.[2] Tenmile Lake was named for Tenmile Creek, which was said to be ten miles south of Winchester Bay.[3]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Tenmile". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 44\. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
3. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 943\. ISBN 978-0875952772.

## External links

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* Historic image of Tenmile Lake from Salem Public Library
* Images of Tenmile from Flickr

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Municipalities and communities of Coos County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Coquille

Cities|

* Bandon
* Coos Bay
* Coquille
* Lakeside
* Myrtle Point
* North Bend
* Powers

Coos County map

CDPs|

* Barview
* Bunker Hill
* Glasgow
* Saunders Lake

Other
communities|

* Allegany
* Arago
* Beaver Hill
* Bridge
* Broadbent
* Charleston
* Cooston
* Dellwood
* Dora
* Fairview
* Gaylord
* Gravelford
* Green Acres
* Hauser
* Laurel Grove
* Leneve
* Libby
* McKinley
* Millington
* Norway
* Prosper
* Randolph
* Remote
* Riverton
* Sitkum
* Sumner
* Tenmile

Ghost
town|

* Southport

Indian reservations|

* Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Reservation‡
* Coquille Reservation

Footnotes|

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

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