Coos Bay
[key], city (2020 pop. 15,985), Coos co., SW Oreg., a port of entry on
Coos Bay; founded 1854 as Marshfield, inc. 1874, renamed 1944. Casino
gambling, computer services, lumbering, shipping, tourism, fishing, and
canning are important industries. It is a worldwide lumber-shipping port
that ships much of its products to Japan. Due to environmental concerns,
however, the Coos Bay wood-products industry has experienced a depressed
market and a severe loss in jobs since the 1980s.
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