Agate Beach, Oregon
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Agate Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States.
Agate Beach is named for the agates that are found on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean between Newport and Yaquina Head. Agate Beach post office was established in 1912 and closed in 1971.[1]
[edit] See also
- Agate Beach State Recreation Site
[edit] References
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur [1928] (2003). Oregon Geographic Names, Seventh Edition, Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press, 878. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.
[edit] External links
- Agate Beach State Recreation Site
- Agate Beach cam from The Oregonian
- Photo of WWI "Spruce Soldiers" at Agate Beach
- Maps and aerial photos
- Street map from Google Maps, or Yahoo! Maps, or Windows Live Local
- Satellite image from Google Maps, Windows Live Local, WikiMapia
- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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