Native Americans such as the Siuslaw lived along the banks of the Siuslaw River. Today, these people are organized under the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians.
Captain Cook was one of the first white visitors to the Florence area, arrived around 1836 and, by 1900, the local population was about 300. Today, the population of the greater Florence is about 20,000.
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