Agate Beach, Oregon
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Agate Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States.[1]
Agate Beach is named for the agates that are found on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean between Newport and Yaquina Head. Agate Beach post office was established in 1912 and closed in 1971.[2]
Historically, the area's most famous citizen is Composer Ernest Bloch, who spent his later years in the community.[3] The 1914 Ernest Bloch House is on the National Register of Historic Places and was once owned by son of Asahel Bush and his family.[4]
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[edit] References
- ^ "Agate Beach". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1116783. Retrieved 2009-02-28.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 878. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1993) [1972]. Oregon for the Curious (3rd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Pars Publishing Company. p. 15. ISBN 0-87004-222-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=V8gJTJe6ePIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ralph+Friedman&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Agate%20Beach&f=false.
- ^ "Ernest Bloch House". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=38021. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
[edit] External links
- Historic images of Agate Beach from Salem Public Library
- Agate Beach cam from The Oregonian
- Photo of WWI "Spruce Soldiers" of the Spruce Production Division at Agate Beach
- Images of Ernest Bloch House from University of Oregon digital archives
Coordinates: 44°40′38″N 124°03′42″W / 44.6773°N 124.0618°W
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