Brookings, Oregon
Motto: Where flowers meet the sea
Location in Oregon
Coordinates: 42°3′27″N 124°17′11″W / 42.0575, -124.28639
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Curry
Incorporated	1951
Government
- Mayor	Pat Sherman
Area
- Total	2. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The following is a list of 36 counties in the US state of Oregon. Curry County is a county located in the US state of Oregon. In 2000 its population was 21137 A municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to cities, counties, Towns Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 8 sq mi (7. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²)
- Land	2. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 sq mi (7. 2 km²)
- Water	0. 04 sq mi (0. 1 km²)
Elevation	129 ft (39. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit 32 m)
Population (2007)
- Total	6,455 (est)
- Density	1,951. The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6/sq mi (753. 8/km²)
	Population estimate by Portland State University
Time zone	Pacific (UTC-8)
- Summer (DST)	Pacific (UTC-7)
ZIP code	97415
Area code(s)	541
FIPS code	41-08650[1]
GNIS feature ID	1138655[2]
Website: http://www.brookings.or.us/

Brookings is a city in Curry County, Oregon, United States. Portland State University (PSU is a public state Urban university located in downtown Portland Oregon, United States. The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) UTC−8 is a band of Timezones separated from the Universal Coordinated Time by 8 hours Daylight saving time ( DST UTC−7 can be observed in Mountain Standard Time Zone Pacific Daylight Time Zone Canada The ZIP code is the system of Postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks North American area code 541 covers all of Oregon except the northwest part of the state Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout Curry County is a county located in the US state of Oregon. In 2000 its population was 21137 Oregon ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the It was named after John E. Brookings, president of the Brookings Lumber and Box Company, which founded the city in 1908. The population was 5,447 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, Brookings had a population of over 6,455 within the city limits. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ^[3] The total population of the Brookings area is over 13,000, which includes Harbor (a CDP), and others. Harbor is a Census-designated place (CDP in Curry County, Oregon, United States. A census-designated place ( CDP) is a type of place (a concentration of population identified by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes There have been numerous proposals to annex the nearby unincorporated areas into Brookings; while most attempts failed over the years, one large area north of town owned by Borax has succeeded. The Pacific Coast Borax Company (PCB was a United States Mining company founded in 1890 by the American Borax magnate Francis Marion Smith This development has the potential to add approximately 1000 homes over the next 20 years, although developers expect many of them to be occupied only seasonally.

Due to its location, Brookings is subject to winter (and less frequently summer) temperatures considered unseasonably warm for the Oregon Coast. The Oregon Coast is a geographical term that is used to describe the Coast of the U Temperatures can reach 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit (21 to 27 degrees Celsius) throughout the year. This is due in part to the marine influences from its location on the Pacific Ocean, but mostly from its situation at the foot of the Klamath Mountains, whose winds compress and warm the air flowing onto Brookings. The Pacific Ocean is the largest of the Earth 's Oceanic divisions Rogue River Oregon USAjpg|thumb|250px|Rogue River Gorge Oregon]]The Klamath Mountains, sometimes called the Salmon Mountains, are a rugged lightly populated Mountain range This is called the Brookings effect or Chetco effect. The Brookings effect, also known as the "Chetco effect" is a weather pattern that occasionally occurs along the southern Oregon Coast in the United States But while area real estate agents and other unobjective sources have dubbed Brookings the "banana belt" of the Oregon coast, this is no Baja California. "Banana belt" is an informal geographic term used to describe a segment of a larger geographic Region which enjoys warmer weather conditions than the region as a whole Heavy rain is common in the winter. Heavy fog is common in the summer.

The current marketing "brand" for the community, through the Brookings-Harbor Chamber of Commerce,^[4] is "The Pulse of America's Wild Rivers Coast". A brand is a collection of Images and ideas representing an economic producer more specifically it refers to the descriptive verbal attributes and concrete symbols such as a America's Wild Rivers Coast is a regional marketing brand for Curry County, Oregon, and Del Norte County, California. Del Norte County sits in the far northwest corner of the US state of California, located on the Pacific coast south of Oregon. ^[5]

Contents 1 History 2 Geography and climate 3 Demographics 4 Transportation 5 Media 5.1 Newspaper 5.2 Television 5.3 Radio 6 References 7 External links

History

While John E. Brookings was responsible for the founding of Brookings as a company town, it was his cousin Robert S. Brookings, who was responsible for its actual design. A company town is a Town or City in which all Real estate, Buildings (both residential and commercial) Utilities Robert Somers Brookings (born January 22, 1850, Cecil County Maryland died November 15, 1932, Washington D The latter Brookings hired Bernard Maybeck, an architect based in San Francisco who was later involved in the Panama-Pacific Exposition, to lay out the plat of the townsite. Bernard Ralph Maybeck ( February 7, 1862 – October 3, 1957) was a prominent architect in the Arts and Crafts Movement of the The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The Panama-Pacific International Exposition (PPIE was a World's fair held in San Francisco California between February 20 and December 4 in A plat consists of a Map, drawn to scale showing the divisions of a piece of land ^[6]

On September 9, 1942, Mount Emily, near Brookings, became the first site in the continental United States to suffer aerial bombardment in wartime. This article is about Mount Emily in southwestern Oregon For others see Mount Emily (disambiguation. The Lookout Air Raid of 1942 was a minor but historic World War II event that occurred in mountains and forests of Oregon on September 9 1942 A Japanese floatplane piloted by Nobuo Fujita launched from submarine I-25 was loaded with incendiary bombs and sent to start massive fires in the dense forests of the Pacific Northwest. Nobuo Fujita ( 1911 - September 30, 1997) ( Jp:藤田信雄 was a Warrant Flying Officer of the Imperial Japanese Navy who The attack caused only minor damage. Fujita would be invited back to Brookings in 1962 and he presented the town his family's 400-year old samurai sword in friendship after the Japanese government was given assurances that he would not be tried as a war criminal. Brookings made him an honorary citizen several days before his death in 1997.

Since the 1980s, Brookings has attracted retirees, largely from California, who have come to form a sizeable minority of the population. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. Their political influence is felt in routinely voting against new taxes. It is also home for a number of people who commute to jobs in California--mostly at nearby Pelican Bay State Prison. Pelican Bay State Prison is a California State Prison that houses some of California 's most dangerous inmates

Geography and climate

Brookings is located at 42°3′27″N, 124°17′11″W (42. 057474, -124. 286415)^[7].

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 8 square miles (7. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 3 km²), of which, 2. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 8 square miles (7. 2 km²) of it is land and 0. 04 square miles (0. 1 km²) of it (1. 06%) is water.

Avg / Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Year
High °C (°F)	12. 8 (55)	13. 3 (56)	15. 6 (58)	17. 2 (60)	19. 4 (63)	20. 0 (67)	20. 0 (68)	20. 0 (68)	18. 3 (68)	14. 4 (65)	12. 8 (58)	14. 4 (55)	16. 6 (62)
Low °C (°F)	5. 6 (42)	6. 1 (42)	6. 7 (42)	8. 3 (44)	10. 0 (47)	11. 1 (50)	11. 7 (52)	10. 6 (53)	8. 9 (51)	7. 2 (48)	5. 0 (45)	5. 6 (41)	8. 0 (46)
Precipitation mm (inches)[8]	286. The Millimetre ( American spelling: millimeter, symbol mm) is a unit of Length in the Metric system, equal to 5 (11. 28)	257. 6 (10. 14)	244. 1 (9. 61)	145. 3 (5. 72)	91. 7 (3. 61)	46. 5 (1. 83)	13. 0 (0. 51)	26. 4 (1. 04)	49. 5 (1. 95)	132. 6 (5. 22)	268. 7 (10. 58)	304. 5 (11. 99)	1866. 4 (73. 48)

Demographics

As of the census^[1] of 2000, there were 5,447 people, 2,309 households, and 1,484 families residing in the city. A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 1,951. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 6 people per square mile (753. 8/km²). There were 2,614 housing units at an average density of 936. 6/sq mi (361. 7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 90. 55% White, 0. 20% African American, 2. 40% Native American, 1. 29% Asian, 0. 13% Pacific Islander, 1. 43% from other races, and 4. 00% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4. 74% of the population.

There were 2,309 households out of which 27. 6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51. 3% were married couples living together, 9. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35. 7% were non-families. 30. 0% of all households were made up of individuals and 16. 1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 30 and the average family size was 2. 83.

In the city the population was spread out with 23. 8% under the age of 18, 5. 7% from 18 to 24, 23. 1% from 25 to 44, 23. 5% from 45 to 64, and 23. 9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females there were 90. 3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86. 3 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $31,656, and the median income for a family was $36,846. Males had a median income of $33,073 versus $22,591 for females. The per capita income for the city was $17,010. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 9. 1% of families and 11. 5% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 1% of those under age 18 and 9. 5% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

• Brookings Airport

Media

Newspaper

• Curry Coastal Pilot

Television

• KBSC-LP

Radio

• KHSR-FM
• KURY-AM
• KURY-FM

References

External links

• City of Brookings
• Oregon Blue Book entry for Brookings
• Brookings Chamber of Commerce website

• Brookings, Oregon is at coordinates 42°03′27″N 124°17′11″W / 42.057474, -124.286415 (Brookings, Oregon)Coordinates: 42°03′27″N 124°17′11″W / 42.057474, -124.286415 (Brookings, Oregon)

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