Beverly_Beach,_Oregon

Beverly Beach, Oregon

Beverly Beach, Oregon

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

Beverly Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County in the U.S. state of Oregon.[1] It is located on U.S. Route 101 on the Oregon Coast, north of Yaquina Head and south of Beverly Beach State Park.

The community of Beverly Beach, Oregon, overlooks a beach of the same name
Beverly Beach

Beverly Beach was named in the early 1930s by Curtis F. and Florence May Christy, who owned the property in this location.[2] They wished to establish a seaside community there, and asked their young daughter, Florence Daneene Christy (Pearson), what it should be named.[2] Her favorite doll was named "Beverly", so that was the name she chose.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "Beverly Beach". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved February 28, 2009.
  2. [2]
    McArthur, Lewis A.; Lewis L. McArthur (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (Seventh ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 78. ISBN 0-87595-277-1.

44.721°N 124.057°W / 44.721; -124.057


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