Gaylord, Oregon


Gaylord is an unincorporated community in Coos County, Oregon, United States. It is about south of Myrtle Point on Oregon Route 542, near the South Fork Coquille River.
A station named Gaylord Siding was established on the Coos Bay Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad in 1916. A post office named Gaylord was established nearby in 1927; it closed in 1958. The source of the name is unknown.
Author Ralph Friedman says of Gaylord that it is "Nothing but a name".