Brownsmead, Oregon

Brownsmead, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Grange hall
Brownsmead Location within the state of Oregon Show map of Oregon Brownsmead Brownsmead (the United States) Show map of the United States
Coordinates: 46°13′03″N123°32′26″W / 46.21750°N 123.54056°W / 46.21750; -123.54056
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clatsop
Elevation [1]	10 ft (3 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	97103
Area code(s)	503 and 971
GNIS feature ID	1637833 [1]

Brownsmead is an unincorporated community, on a distributary of the Columbia River called Saspal Slough, in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Previously known as Brody, it was named after W.G. Brown, a Portland engineer involved in land reclamation in the area. There was a post office in Brownsmead from 1919 to 1975, ^[2] located in the Brownsmead General Store.

Grange hall

Rail station

Historic photos of the Brownsmead fish station, located where Davis Creek feeds into Blind Slough, reveal docked gillnetting boats. One such boat is shown in the boat hoist, resting above the water by several feet on the dock. ^[3]

The folksinger Michael Hurley resided in Brownsville until his death in 2025. ^[4] Brownsmead is the northernmost settlement in the state of Oregon.^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Brownsmead, Oregon
2. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 118. ISBN   978-0875952772.
3. Historic Photographs of Brownsmead salmon station ^{[ permanent dead link ]}
4. Sandomir, Richard (April 13, 2025). "Michael Hurley, a Singer Both Eccentric and Inspirational, Dies at 83". The New York Times . p. 31. Retrieved May 4, 2025.