McKinley, Oregon

McKinley is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.^[1] McKinley lies along Middle Creek, a tributary of the North Fork Coquille River, northeast of Myrtle Point in the Southern Oregon Coast Range.^[2]

McKinley, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43.189°N 124.026°W / 43.189; -124.026
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Coos
Elevation	138 ft (42 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	97423
Area codes	458 and 541
GNIS feature ID	1123991[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System

Homer Shepherd suggested the name in honor of President William McKinley. Shepherd helped establish the McKinley post office in June 1897 and served as its first postmaster.^[3]