Tenmile, Coos County, Oregon

For other places with the same name, see Tenmile, Oregon.

Tenmile is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is located about eight miles south of Winchester Bay and one mile 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

  1. "Tenmile". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
  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.

Coordinates: 43°34′34″N 124°11′44″W / 43.5762260°N 124.1956701°W / 43.5762260; -124.1956701


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