Page Contents for Port Orford, Oregon

Statistics & Facts

Location

City Attractions

Chamber of Commerce.

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Statistics & Facts

The Oregon state capital is Salem.
The population of Port Orford is approximately 1,025 (1990), 1133 (2010).
The approximate number of families is 529 (1990), 603 (2010).
The amount of land area in Port Orford is 4.152 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.092 sq kilometers.
The distance from Port Orford to Washington DC is 2619 miles.
The distance to the Oregon state capital is 169 miles. (as the crow flies)
Port Orford is positioned 42.74 degrees north of the equator and 124.49 degrees west of the prime meridian.

Location

in southwestern Oregon on the coast, south of Coos Bay. Port Orford is the most westerly incorporated city in the state.
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Attractions

Port Orford is the most westerly city in the contiguous 48 states.

Port Orford Arts & Seafood Festival
held each at the end of Summer.

Battle Rock
the site of the historic battle between the first landing party of white settlers (Captain Tichenor's crew of nine men) and a local Qua-to-mah band of Athapascan speaking natives. The event of June 9, 1851 was the beginning of the settling of Port Orford.

Cape Blanco Lighthouse
Oregon's Most Westerly, Oldest and Highest above the Sea lighthouse.
contact: Coos Bay BLM Office at 541-756-0100
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Port Orford Chamber

Port Orford Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 637
Battle Rock Park
Hwy 101 S.
Port Orford, OR 97465
Phone & Fax: 541-332-8055

Port Orford Organizations

Port Orford Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 637
Battle Rock Park
Hwy 101 S.
Port Orford, OR 97465
Phone & Fax: 541-332-8055