Tenmile, Coos County, Oregon

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

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

↑ "Tenmile". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. May 22, 1986. Retrieved April 23, 2013.
↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 44. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
↑ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 943. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.

External links

Historic image of Tenmile Lake from Salem Public Library
Images of Tenmile from Flickr

Municipalities and communities of Coos County, Oregon, United States

County seat: Coquille

Cities	Bandon Coos Bay Coquille Lakeside Myrtle Point North Bend Powers

CDPs	Barview Bunker Hill Glasgow

Unincorporated communities	Allegany Arago Beaver Hill Bridge Broadbent Charleston Dellwood Dora Fairview Gaylord Gravelford Green Acres Hauser Laurel Grove Leneve Libby McKinley Millington Norway Prosper Randolph Remote Riverton Sitkum Sumner Tenmile

Ghost town	Southport

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

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