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Curry County, Oregon

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
46historic places
—earliest paper
1855formed
23,446pop. 2020
22cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 46 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1975. Most listings are in or near Carpenterville, Port Orford, Brookings.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oregon is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Curry titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

8 of 46 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

46 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
35-CU-215-High Point Shell MiddenCarpentervilleSite2001
Arch RockCarpentervilleSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU1SixesSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU13Port OrfordSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU14Port OrfordSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU142Port OrfordSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU153Port OrfordSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU16Port OrfordSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU31Pistol RiverSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU69CarpentervilleSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU79BrookingsSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU80BrookingsSite1997
Archeological Site 35CU83SixesSite1997
Blacklock Point Lithic SitePort OrfordSite1994
Blacklock Point Shell MiddenPort OrfordSite1994
Cape Blanco LighthouseSixesBuilding1993
Cape Blanco Lithic SitePort OrfordSite1992
Central BuildingBrookingsBuilding1980
Eagle RockPistol RiverSite1997
Gold Beach Ranger StationGold BeachBuilding1986
HUME, MARY D.Gold BeachStructure1979
Harris Park MoundBrookingsSite1997
Hughes, Patrick, HouseSixesBuilding1980
Indian SandsBrookingsSite1992
Indian SandsCarpentervilleSite1997
Khustenete-Hustenate-XustenetenCarpentervilleSite1997
Lindberg, Peter John, HousePort OrfordBuilding2015
Little Ridge-Cape Sebastian (35CU77)Pistol RiverSite1997
Little Ridge-Cape Sebastian (35CU78)Pistol RiverSite1997
Lone Ranch Creek MoundBrookingsSite1997
Miller CreekCarpentervilleSite1997
Newburgh Lithic Site (35CU209)SixesSite1997
Pistol River Site-Chetlessentan-Chetleshin-Chet-less-chun-dunnPistol RiverSite1997
Port Orford City JailPort OrfordBuilding2025
Port Orford Coast Guard StationPort OrfordDistrict1998
Port Orford SitePort OrfordSite1997
Rogue River Bridge No. 01172Gold BeachStructure2005
Rogue River RanchAgnessDistrict1975
Sheep Trail Shell Midden (35CU32)CarpentervilleSite1997
Sixes HotelSixesBuilding1992
Thunder RockCarpentervilleSite1997
Whale HeadCarpentervilleSite1997
Whaleshead Lithic Site (35CU207)CarpentervilleSite1997
Whaleshead South Midden (35CU208)CarpentervilleSite1997
Whaleshead Trail Viewpoint (35CU36)CarpentervilleSite1997
Wheeler Ridge Japanese Bombing SiteBrookingsSite2006

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Curry was formed in 1855 (1855-12-18) from Coos, Jackson.

CURRY created by Oregon Territory from COOS and JACKSON.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Curry County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

23k12k3931860188019201940196020002020
1860188019001920194019501960198020002020
3931,2081,8683,0254,3016,04813,98316,99221,13723,446

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

22 cemeteries and 4 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 22 of 22 listed
NameLatLon
Buffington Memorial Park42.75121-124.50259
Clay Hill Cemetery42.66955-123.98148
Denmark Cemetery42.89806-124.46906
Foster - Illahe Cemetery42.63601-124.05462
Fox Hill Cemetery42.56432-124.38729
Geisel Cemetery42.49139-124.41559
Haines Cemetery42.84177-124.1887
Huckleberry Knoll Cemetery42.77844-124.23675
Hughes Family Cemetery42.8416-124.54274
Merriam Cemetery42.48927-124.33314
Mule Creek Cemetery42.70802-123.89324
Oak Flats Cemetery42.52811-124.04017
Ocean View Cemetery42.948-124.37061
Pioneer Cemetery42.04248-124.24638
Pioneer Cemetery42.41275-124.42169
Pistol River Cemetery42.29074-124.39877
Rogue Cemetery42.39285-124.42045
Rumley Hill Cemetery42.47214-124.36437
Smith Family Cemetery42.38314-124.41532
Tichenor Cemetery42.74427-124.50676
Van Pelt Cemetery42.04802-124.24896
Ward Memorial Cemetery42.06668-124.28229
Historical populated places — 4 of 4
NameLatLon
Eckley42.83872-124.18454
Jerrys Flat42.45351-124.36862
Knoxville42.43178-124.429
Lakeport42.904-124.49705

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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