Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
| Prosper, Oregon | |
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| Unincorporated community | |
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| Coordinates: 43°08′50″N 124°22′25″W / 43.14722°N 124.37361°W / 43.14722; -124.37361 | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Coos |
| Elevation | 13 ft (4 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136660 |
Prosper is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is about 3 miles (5 km) northwest of Bandon next to the Coquille River. There is no longer a town at the site.
The first cannery on the Coquille River was started in about 1882 by D. H. Getchell in what came to be known as Prosper. Prosper was founded in the summer of 1892 by Adam Pershbaker, who built a sawmill and a shipyard there. The Emil Heuckendorff shipyard was established soon after. Prosper had a post office from 1893 until 1928; Pershbaker was the first postmaster. The name was likely chosen in the hope the locality would be prosperous. In 1915, Prosper's population was 500, and it had two salmon canneries, and two shingle and saw mills. Passenger boats traveled three times a day to Bandon and Coquille.
See also
References
- ^ "Prosper". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 9, 2016.
- Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-89933-347-2.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 232. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
- ^ Dodge, Orvil (1898). Pioneer History of Coos and Curry Counties, Or. Salem, Oregon: Capital Printing Co. p. 252.
- "City of Bandon 1990 Comprehensive Plan". Coos-Curry Council of Governments. July 1974. pp. 10–11. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- "A Selective Chronology of South Coast History: Origins to 1899". Coos Historical and Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved December 23, 2010.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 787. ISBN 978-0875952772.
| Municipalities and communities of Coos County, Oregon, United States | ||
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| County seat: Coquille | ||
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |
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