Bandon, Oregon Bandon, Oregon Bandon Historic District Bandon Historic District Bandon (/ b nd n/) is a town/city in Coos County, Oregon, United States, on the south side of the mouth of the Coquille River.
It was titled by George Bennet, an Irish peer, who settled close-by in 1873 and titled the town after Bandon in Ireland, his hometown.
Bandon was established by the Irish peer George Bennett in 1873.
George Bennett, his sons Joseph and George, and George Sealey came from Bandon, Ireland.
The following year the town's previous name of Averille was changed to Bandon after the town of the same name in Ireland.
The next year, Joseph Williams and his three sons arrived, also from Bandon, Ireland.
Rock formations along the coast in Bandon (1994) Cranberries have been grown in Bandon since 1885, when Charles Mc - Farlin planted vines he brought from Massachusetts.
Bandon is also the locale of the first cranberry bogs to be wet harvested, which is done by building dikes around the bogs then flooding them.
In 2010, Bandon was titled one of the "Coolest Small Towns in America" by Budget - Travel. Ignited by the forest fire, the town's abundant gorse became engulfed in flames, Bandon resident D.H.
Bandon's entire commercial precinct was destroyed.
Ironically, the gorse was first introduced to the Oregon Coast by the founder of Bandon, Lord George Bennett, from his native Ireland. After the 1936 fire, when Bandon began to be rebuilt, the new perimeter of the company precinct did not extend beyond the available land. There is still gorse in Bandon today, but municipal codes strictly regulate how high and thick it may be allowed to get. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 3.15 square miles (8.16 km2), of which, 2.77 square miles (7.17 km2) is territory and 0.38 square miles (0.98 km2) is water. Bandon has a Marine West Coast-Mediterranean climate (Koppen Csb).
High temperatures in the mid-70s F to the low 90s F occur on average about once or twice every three or four years.
Bandon's highest reading of 100 F (37.8 C) occurred on September 21, 1990. The lowest reading of 8 F ( 13.3 C) was observed only three months later on December 21, 1990. Climate data for Bandon, Oregon (1981 2010 normals) There were 1,466 homeholds of which 18.1% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 37.6% were married couples living together, 10.2% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 4.2% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 48.0% were non-families.
39.6% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 20.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The median age in the town/city was 53.4 years.
15.3% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 6.3% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 17.3% were from 25 to 44; 31.2% were from 45 to 64; and 30% were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,287 homeholds out of which 21.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 43.4% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 42.8% were non-families.
36.1% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 19.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the city, the populace dispersal was 19.1% under the age of 18, 4.7% from 18 to 24, 19.4% from 25 to 44, 27.5% from 45 to 64, and 29.4% who were 65 years of age or older.
Like many communities on the Oregon coast, Bandon had momentous fishing and timber industries, which were greatly diminished by the 1980s, though some remnants still exist.
Bandon's current economy revolves around wood products, fishing, tourism, and agriculture.
The five biggest employers in the region include Bandon Dunes Golf Course, Southern Coos Health District, School District #54 - C, Oregon Overseas Timber, and Hardin Optical.
West Coast Game Park Safari is positioned just south of Bandon.
Bandon is a center of cranberry production.
More than 100 growers harvest about 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) around Bandon, raising 95 percent of Oregon's cranberries, and about 5 percent of the nationwide crop.
In 1994, 304,000 barrels (48,300 m3) were harvested a record for Bandon.
Bandon has long been known as the "Cranberry Capital of Oregon".
Between 1928 and 2000, dairy manufacturing and cheesemaking were an integral part of Bandon's economy.
The Bandon facility was damaged by fire in 1936, and rebuilt as the Surfside Dairy in 1937. In 2000, Tillamook County Creamery Association bought the Bandon Cheese brand and promptly dismantled the factory; on October 4, 2005, the last of the staff was released and the Bandon factory closed. The Bandon Cheese name lives on as a brand of Tillamook Cheese.
In 2013, Face Rock Creamery opened on the former Bandon Cheese property with participation of the town/city government. Cheesemakers handcraft gourmet cheeses from beginning to end with viewing, sampling, and products available to visitors. There is a selection of flavored cheese curds which one cheese critic received favorably. Main article: Bandon Dunes Golf Resort Bandon Dunes Golf Resort is a complex of five golf courses positioned just north of the town/city of Bandon.
The championship courses, Bandon Dunes, Old Macdonald, Pacific Dunes, and Bandon Trails are the top four courses in Oregon. Bandon is known for its beaches and modern formations, including Face Rock State Scenic Viewpoint.
The Coquille River Lighthouse is on Coquille River's north jetty at Bullards Beach State Park.
The Bandon Cranberry Festival is jubilated every fall as the cranberry harvest begins. Bandon State Airport Highway 101 dominant into Bandon from the north View is from Coquille Point in Bandon.
It is noteworthy that French writer Jules Verne, in his science fiction novel The Begum's Fortune, placed on virtually the precise site of Bandon his fictional Utopian improve "Ville-France".
The fictional improve was given the foundation date of 1872 one year before the foundation of the actual Bandon.
Ville-France was depicted as being established by Doctor Sarrasin, a visionary French doctor; reaching a populace of 100,000 inside a several years of its creation and becoming world-famous as a model community; being granted by the US government the status of a virtually autonomous town/city state; and being involved in a vicious war with a rival town/city state on the other side of the Cascades, established by an evil German scientist.
Bandon Western World - weekly journal Bandon has one sister city: Republic of Ireland Bandon, Ireland Port of Bandon a b c d e f g h i "Bandon, Oregon".
Bandon founder's favorite plant finished the town he established | Offbeat Oregon History "Daily Averages for Bandon, OR (Sep)".
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"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
Bandon, Oregon: A Weekend Coastal Escape "Bandon's last link to cheese shuttered: The town's retail store closes down five years after the creamery moved away".
"Bandon, Oregon Hometown Boy, Brad Sinko, Comes Home to "Spread the Cheese Curds" at Face Rock Creamery".
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