John Randolph of Roanoke
The community was established during a brief gold rush in Coos County by a Doctor Foster and a Captain Harris. According to "History of Southern Oregon" (1884), they named the place after John Randolph of Roanoke, a Virginia politician. However, an article published by the Oregon Historical Society in 1957 suggests two other possibilities: that it was named for Randolph, Massachusetts, or for one of the founders of Port Orford, Oregon, Randolph Tichenor.