Remote is an unincorporated hamlet in Coos County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It lies near the confluence of Sandy Creek with the Middle Fork Coquille River.
Remote, Oregon | |
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  Remote Location within the state of Oregon  Remote Remote (the United States) | |
| Coordinates: 43°00′21″N 123°53′33″W / 43.00583°N 123.89250°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Coos |
| Elevation | 246 ft (75 m) |
| Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
| GNIS feature ID | 1125943 |
Remote was named by local pioneers for its distance from other settlements.[2] Its post office was established in 1887.[citation needed] A new post office, besides a store, gas station, and unofficial town hall building, was built in 1924 by L. D. Jennings.[3]
Oregon Route 42 used to run through the center of the community, but realignment of the highway has left Remote several hundred yards away, along a side road, around a bend and down below the highway, largely shielded by trees from highway view.[4]
The town now[when?] consists of a combined store with gas pump and post office (closed in 1998), and a couple of houses. The Sandy Creek Covered Bridge is nearby.[5]
Like Oregon communities Nimrod and Boring, Remote is often cited on lists of odd place names.
In the early twenty-first century, the city is being used as a stand-in location on job boards to indicate that the position is a remote work position. Since 2020, the number of job postings with Remote as a placeholder had substantially increased due to an increase in hiring for remote-work positions during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Remote". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved May 3, 2016.
- ^ Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 111.
- ^ "Remote, Ore: Name of Town Says It All". New York Times. October 7, 1982.
- ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 804. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ "Sandy Creek (Remote) Covered Bridge". Oregon.com. Retrieved October 31, 2019.
- ^ Acker, Lizzy (March 4, 2021). "Why are so many jobs listed in a tiny Oregon town called Remote?". The Oregonian. Retrieved May 21, 2023.
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