Sumner, Oregon

Sumner, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°16′54″N 124°09′03″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Coos
Elevation	16 ft (5 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)	458 and 541
GNIS feature ID	1136798[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System

Sumner is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.^[1] It is about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Coos Bay on the route of the old Coos Bay Wagon Road.^[2]

According to William Gladstone Steel, the community was founded in 1888 by John B. Dalley (other sources have the spelling as "Dulley"^[3]), who named it after Charles Sumner, a Massachusetts senator who died in 1874.^[4] Sumner post office was established in 1874, so according to Oregon Geographic Names, Steel must have been incorrect about the 1888 founding date.^[4] Dalley was the first postmaster, and the office closed in 1961.^[4] In 1915, Sumner had a population of 100.^[5] As of 1990, the community had one store.^[5]

See also

• Steamboats of Coos Bay

References

1. "Sumner". 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. 51. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
3. "Sumner". Oregon Teacher's Monthly. 15 (1). Salem, Oregon: 252. 1910.
4. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 922. ISBN 978-0875952772.
5. Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 224. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.