Remote, Oregon

Remote, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Remote Remote Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates: 43°00′21″N 123°53′33″W / 43.00583°N 123.89250°WCoordinates: 43°00′21″N 123°53′33″W / 43.00583°N 123.89250°W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Coos
Elevation[1]	246 ft (75 m)
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
GNIS feature ID	1125943

Remote is an unincorporated community in Coos County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies near the confluence of Sandy Creek with the Middle Fork Coquille River.

Remote was named by local pioneers for its distance from other settlements. Its post office was established in 1887. Oregon Route 42 used to run through the center of the community, but realignment of the highway has left Remote several hundred yards away.^[2]

Like Oregon communities Nimrod and Boring, Remote is often cited on lists of odd place names. William Least Heat-Moon mentions the community in Blue Highways: A Journey Into America.^[3]

References

1. "Remote". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
2. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 804. ISBN 978-0875952772.
3. Least Heat-Moon, William (1982). Blue Highways: A Journey Into America. New York: Ballantine. p. 4. ISBN 0-449-20432-4.

External links

• Image of the "Remote Store" from the Images of the Western States and Provinces page by the director of the Geography Computing Facility at University of California, Berkeley