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Agate Beach, Oregon
Agate Beach, Oregon
Agate Beach is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States.
Agate Beach is named for the agates that are found on the beaches of the Pacific Ocean between Newport and Yaquina Head. Agate Beach post office was established in 1912 and closed in 1971.
Composer Ernest Bloch spent his later years in the community until he was stricken with cancer; he died in Portland in 1959.
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- Agate Beach State Recreation Site
- Agate Beach cam from The Oregonian
- Photo of WWI "Spruce Soldiers" of the Spruce Production Division at Agate Beach
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