Gravelford, Oregon

Gravelford, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Gravelford is located in Oregon
Gravelford
Gravelford
Location within the state of Oregon
Gravelford is located in the United States
Gravelford
Gravelford
Gravelford (the United States)
Coordinates: 43°06′18″N 124°04′41″W / 43.10500°N 124.07806°W / 43.10500; -124.07806
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyCoos
Elevation
[1]
56 ft (17 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1121336

Gravelford is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Myrtle Point, at the confluence of the North Fork Coquille River and the East Fork Coquille River.[2]

The name of the community came from a natural ford in the stream.[3] A post office with the name Gravel Ford was established in 1878 with Solomon J. McCloskey the first postmaster.[3] Post office records always used the two-word spelling, but post office route maps and USGS topographical maps use the one-word spelling.[3] The office closed in 1934, with mail going to Myrtle Point.[3]

In 1915, Gravelford had two cheese factories, two churches, an Adventist academy, and a public school.[4] As of 1990, only two houses remained of the town.[4] Gravelford's volunteer fire department is a satellite station of Myrtle Point.[5] Gravelford Cemetery was founded in 1884.[6]

  1. ^ a b "Gravelford". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 7, 2016.
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 52. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
  3. ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 425. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. ^ a b Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 228. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
  5. ^ "Demographics". Myrtle Point Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  6. ^ "Gravelford Cemetery". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved January 3, 2011.