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Port Orford
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city in Curry County, Oregon, United States
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Curry
- Total
- 1.60 sq mi (4.15 km )
- Land
- 1.56 sq mi (4.04 km )
- Water
- 0.046 sq mi (0.12 km )
- Elevation
- 43 ft (13 m)
- Density
- 735/sq mi (283.9/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-59250
- Website
- www.portorford.org
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Port Orford
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Curry County
- Population
- 1146
- Area
- 4.15071
- Elevation
- 59
- Time zone
- Pacific Time Zone
- Official website
- www.portorford.org
- Image
- Port Orford.jpg
- Households
- 538
- Dialing code
- 541
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- Commons category
- Port Orford
- postal code
- 97465
- inception
- 1911-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 2.7788
- per capita income
- 23031
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Encyclopedic overview
Port Orford (Tolowa: tr’ee-ghi~’- ’an’) is a city in Curry County on the southern coast of Oregon, United States. The population was 1,146 at the 2020 census.
The city takes its name from George Vancouver's original name for nearby Cape Blanco, which he named for George, Earl of Orford, "a much-respected friend."
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Port Orford” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.