Oregon South Coast · OR
Bandon
Oregon's cranberry capital, rebuilt after the 1936 fire.
- Population
- 3,321 (2020 census)
- Incorporated
- 1891
- Fire
- September 26, 1936
Then
- 1873
Irish immigrant George Bennett settles here and names the town for Bandon, County Cork. The Coquille people lived here first.
- 1885
Charles McFarlin plants cranberry vines from Massachusetts.
- 1891
Bandon incorporates.
- 1936
A forest fire fed by gorse burns through town, destroying the business district and killing 11.
Now
Bandon's growers produce 95 percent of Oregon's cranberries. The Coquille River Lighthouse stands on the north jetty, and Bandon Dunes' golf courses lie just north.