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Port Orford, Oregon, the Glossary

Port Orford (Tolowa: tr’ee-ghi~’- ’an’) is a city in Curry County on the southern coast of Oregon, United States.^[1]

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1856 establishments in Oregon Territory
Port cities in Oregon
Tututni

Area codes 541 and 458

Area codes 541 and 458 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for most of the U.S. state of Oregon, excluding only the northwestern corner of the state.

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Banana belt

A banana belt is any segment of a larger geographic region that enjoys warmer weather conditions than the region as a whole, especially in the wintertime.

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Bandon is a city in Coos County, Oregon, United States, on the south side of the mouth of the Coquille River. Port Orford, Oregon and Bandon, Oregon are cities in Oregon, Populated coastal places in Oregon and Port cities in Oregon.

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Brookings, Oregon

Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. Port Orford, Oregon and Brookings, Oregon are cities in Oregon, Populated coastal places in Oregon and Port cities in Oregon.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Cape Blanco (Oregon)

Cape Blanco is a prominent headland on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States, forming the westernmost point in the state.

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Census

A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating population information about the members of a given population.

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City

A city is a human settlement of a notable size.

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Clallam County, Washington

Clallam County is a county in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Contiguous United States

The contiguous United States (officially the conterminous United States) consists of the 48 adjoining U.S. states and the District of Columbia of the United States of America in central North America.

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Curry County, Oregon

Curry County is the southwesternmost county in the U.S. state of Oregon located on the South Coast.

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David Brock Smith

David Brock Smith is an American Republican politician currently serving in the Oregon State Senate.

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Eli Clare

Eli Clare (born 1963) is an American writer, activist, educator, and speaker.

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Federal Information Processing Standards

The Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) of the United States are a set of publicly announced standards that the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed for use in computer situs of non-military United States government agencies and contractors.

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Geographic Names Information System

The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and location information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories; the associated states of the Marshall Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau; and Antarctica.

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George Vancouver

Captain George Vancouver (22 June 1757 – 10 May 1798) was a British Royal Navy officer best known for his 1791–1795 expedition, which explored and charted North America's northwestern Pacific Coast regions, including the coasts of what are now the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S.

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George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford

George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford (2 April 1730 – 5 December 1791), was a British administrator, politician, and peer.

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Gold Beach, Oregon

Gold Beach (Tolowa: yan-shu’-chit, yan-shuu-chit’-dvn) is a city in and the county seat of Curry County, Oregon, United States, on the Oregon Coast. Port Orford, Oregon and Gold Beach, Oregon are cities in Oregon, Populated coastal places in Oregon and Port cities in Oregon.

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Hanneke Cassel

Hanneke Jewel Cassel (born April 14, 1978) is an American folk violinist.

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Hardiness zone

A hardiness zone is a geographic area defined as having a certain average annual minimum temperature, a factor relevant to the survival of many plants.

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Jefferson (proposed Pacific state)

The State of Jefferson is a proposed U.S. state that would span the contiguous, mostly rural area of southern Oregon and Northern California, where several attempts to separate from Oregon and California, respectively, have taken place.

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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KDOV (FM)

KDOV is a non-commercial radio station in Medford, Oregon, broadcasting to the Medford-Ashland, Oregon area on 91.7 FM.

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La Push, Washington

La Push is a small unincorporated community situated at the mouth of the Quillayute River in Clallam County, Washington, United States, in the western Olympic Peninsula.

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List of counties in Oregon

There are 36 counties in the U.S. State of Oregon.

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List of sovereign states

The following is a list providing an overview of sovereign states around the world with information on their status and recognition of their sovereignty.

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Marriage

Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.

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Mayor

In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.

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Medford, Oregon

Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. Port Orford, Oregon and Medford, Oregon are cities in Oregon.

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Municipal corporation

Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Neah Bay, Washington

Neah Bay is a census-designated place (CDP) on the Makah Reservation in Clallam County, Washington, United States.

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Nick Reynolds

Nicholas Wells Reynolds (July 27, 1933 – October 1, 2008) was an American folk musician and recording artist.

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Oceanic climate

An oceanic climate, also known as a marine climate or maritime climate, is the temperate climate sub-type in Köppen classification represented as Cfb, typical of west coasts in higher middle latitudes of continents, generally featuring cool to warm summers and cool to mild winters (for their latitude), with a relatively narrow annual temperature range and few extremes of temperature.

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Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States.

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Oregon Blue Book

The Oregon Blue Book is the official directory and fact book for the U.S. state of Oregon prepared by the Oregon Secretary of State and published by the Office of the Secretary's Archives Division.

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Orford Reef

Orford Reef is a reef located off Cape Blanco on the southern coast of Oregon in the United States.

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Ozette Indian Village Archeological Site

The Ozette Native American Village Archeological Site is the site of an archaeological excavation on the Olympic Peninsula near Neah Bay, Washington, United States.

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Pacific Coast Athabaskan languages

Pacific Coast Athabaskan is a geographical and possibly genealogical grouping of the Athabaskan language family.

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Pacific High School (Port Orford, Oregon)

Pacific High School is a public high school in Curry County, Port Orford, Oregon, United States.

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Pacific Ocean

The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.

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Pacific Time Zone

The Pacific Time Zone (PT) is a time zone encompassing parts of western Canada, the western United States, and western Mexico.

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Per capita income

Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.

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Population density

Population density (in agriculture: standing stock or plant density) is a measurement of population per unit land area.

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Port Orford meteorite hoax

The Port Orford meteorite hoax concerns a 19th-century claimed meteorite discovery near Port Orford, Oregon in 1856.

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Poverty threshold

The poverty threshold, poverty limit, poverty line, or breadline is the minimum level of income deemed adequate in a particular country.

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Precipitation

In meteorology, precipitation is any product of the condensation of atmospheric water vapor that falls from clouds due to gravitational pull.

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Race and ethnicity in the United States census

In the United States census, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) define a set of self-identified categories of race and ethnicity chosen by residents, with which they most closely identify.

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Richard Drinnon

Richard T. Drinnon (January 4, 1925 – April 19, 2012) was professor emeritus of history at Bucknell University.

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Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest

The Rogue River–Siskiyou National Forest is a United States National Forest in the U.S. states of Oregon and California.

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Samuel Colver

Samuel Colver (September 10, 1817 – February 15, 1891) was a pioneer of the U.S. state of Oregon, where he co-founded (along with his brother, Hiram) the town of Phoenix.

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Tolowa language

The Tolowa language (also called Chetco-Tolowa, or Siletz Dee-ni) is a member of the Pacific Coast subgroup of the Athabaskan language family.

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Tututni

The Tututni tribe is a historic Native American tribe, one of Lower Rogue River Athabascan tribes from southwestern Oregon who signed the 1855 Coast Treaty, and were removed to the Siletz Indian Reservation in Oregon.

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U.S. Route 101

U.S. Route 101, or U.S. Highway 101 (US 101), is a north–south highway that traverses the states of California, Oregon, and Washington on the West Coast of the United States.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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Unincorporated area

An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation.

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United States Census Bureau

The United States Census Bureau (USCB), officially the Bureau of the Census, is a principal agency of the U.S. Federal Statistical System, responsible for producing data about the American people and economy.

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World War II

World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.

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