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Welcome to Cooston ...

Cooston is located in Coos County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Cooston, you might consider that their post office opened in 1908.

Cooston is 40 feet [12 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Cooston: 541 & 458<3>

Communities near Cooston ...

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

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 Cooston. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Cooston.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Cooston. 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 Cooston.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Cooston ...

Looking for more information about Cooston? 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 Cooston, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Cooston.

Adding Cooston to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Cooston 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 Cooston was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Cooston post office opened in 1908. The Cooston post office closed in 1939.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Cooston.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Coos, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Cooston - 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 Cooston area will be assigned with one of these codes: 541 or 458. As a result, placing a call in the Cooston 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/