[5] Charleston was named for Charles Haskell, a settler who filed a land claim along South Slough in 1853.

[7] Oregon Route 540, which crosses the slough southwest of Barview, passes through Charleston and links it to three state parks further south along the coast: Sunset Bay, Shore Acres, and Cape Arago.

[7] Postal authorities established a post office in Charleston in 1924.

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