Dellwood, Oregon

Dellwood is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States.^[1] It is about 12 miles (19 km) east of Coos Bay, east of Oregon Route 241 on the South Fork Coos River.^[2]

Dellwood, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 43°22′08″N 124°00′50″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Coos
Elevation [1]	39 ft (12 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	1119852

Dellwood was originally named Idlewood, but when a post office was established there in 1940, postal officials did not approve the name because of its similarity to Idleyld in Douglas County.^[3] Dellwood was chosen from among several suggestions for its similarity to the old name.^[3] The post office closed in 1954.^[3]

Dellwood is the site of a Weyerhaeuser log yard and was once a log dump for sending rafts of logs downriver to Coos Bay for export.^[4][5] Access to the South Fork Coos River above Dellwood for recreational use, including hunting and fishing, is regulated by Weyerhaeuser.^[6] The Weyerhaeuser sawmill at Dellwood was closed in 1991.^[7]