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Welcome to Agate Beach ...

Agate Beach is located in Lincoln County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Agate Beach, you might consider that their post office opened in 1912.

A typical abbreviation for Agate Beach: Agate Bch.

Agate Beach is 150 feet [46 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Agate Beach lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Agate Beach: 541 & 458<3>

Communities Also Named Agate Beach ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found another community named Agate Beach - it's located in Washington.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Agate Beach.

Communities near Agate Beach ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Agate Beach.

  • Toledo
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Waldport
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Depoe Bay
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Siletz
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Otter Rock
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the north)
  • South Beach
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
  • Yaquina
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Yaquina is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Yaquina
    • Yaquina has also been known as:
    • Yaquina City
  • Elk City
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Elk City is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Elk City
  • Pioneer City ‑ Historic
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the east)
    • Pioneer City is located in Lincoln County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pioneer City
  • Lincoln Beach
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Agate Beach. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Agate Beach.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Agate Beach. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Agate Beach.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Agate Beach. See our Newspapers Page for Agate Beach.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Agate Beach ...

Looking for more information about Agate Beach? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Agate Beach, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Agate Beach.

Adding Agate Beach to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Agate Beach in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Agate Beach was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Agate Beach post office opened in 1912. The Agate Beach post office closed in 1971.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Agate Beach.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Agate Beach - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 541 code has been Overlayed with the 458 area code. New phone numbers in the Agate Beach area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Agate Beach area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/