Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
Agate Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County , Oregon , United States.[ 1] 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.[ 2]
Historically, the area's most famous citizen was composer Ernest Bloch , who spent his later years in the community.[ 3] Ernest Bloch House is on the National Register of Historic Places and was once owned by the son of Asahel Bush and his family.[ 4]
In June 2012 a 165-ton floating dock dislodged from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami washed up ashore,[ 5] [ 6]
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^ a b "Agate Beach" . Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey , United States Department of the Interior . November 28, 1980. Retrieved July 25, 2014 .^ McArthur, Lewis A. ; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names Portland , Oregon : Oregon Historical Society Press . p. 878. ISBN 0-87595-277-1 ^ Friedman, Ralph (1993) [1972]. Oregon for the Curious ISBN 0-87004-222-X ^ "Ernest Bloch House" . Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation . Retrieved January 17, 2010 .^ Barnard, Jeff (June 7, 2012). "Agate Beach, Oregon: Dock from Japan Tsunami Washes Ashore" . Huffington Post . Associated Press. ^ Tobias, Lori (June 13, 2012). "OSU Scientists Feel a "Cast of Very Bad Characters" May Have Arrived on Dock from Japan" . The Oregonian .
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