Beaver Hill, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

43°13′47″N 124°16′06″W / 43.22972°N 124.26833°W / 43.22972; -124.26833CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyCoosElevation

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138 ft (42 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)GNIS feature ID1117447

Beaver Hill is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.^[1] It is about 12 miles (19 km) south of the city of Coos Bay, east of U.S. Route 101 and west of Oregon Route 42.^[2]

Like nearby Coaledo, Beaver Hill was formerly a coal mining community.^[3] The Beaver Hill mine was opened in 1894 by the J. D. Spreckels Company and the town was later owned by Southern Pacific.^[4]^[5] By 1896, Beaver Hill was an important community in the area and on January 11, it incorporated as a city.^[4] In 1926, 15 of the city's 16 remaining voters chose to disincorporate.^[4] Today there is nothing left at the site.^[2]

The community had a branch off the Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad, but it never had a post office by the name Beaver Hill.^[6] The post office at this locale was named Preuss; it ran from 1917 to 1924.^[6] It was named for a local teacher, Rosa Preuss.^[6] It is possible the name "Beaver Hill" for a post office would not have been approved because of the similarity to Beaverton and Beavercreek.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Beaver Hill". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
^ ^a ^b Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 227. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
^ ^a ^b ^c "A Selective Chronology of South Coast History: Origins to 1899". Coos Historical & Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on December 30, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
^ "Locomotive hauling ore railroad cars, Beaver Hill Coal Mine mill, Coos Bay, Oregon, ca. 1912". University of Washington. Archived from the original on December 31, 2013. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 66. ISBN 978-0875952772.