Sumner, Oregon

Sumner, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Sumner is located in Oregon
Sumner
Sumner
Sumner is located in the United States
Sumner
Sumner
Coordinates: 43°16′54″N 124°09′03″W / 43.28167°N 124.15083°W / 43.28167; -124.15083
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyCoos
Elevation
16 ft (5 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
Area code(s)458 and 541
GNIS feature ID1136798[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]

  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 224. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.