Hobsonville, Oregon

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Hobsonville
Hobsonville (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°32′56″N123°54′07″W / 45.54889°N 123.90194°W / 45.54889; -123.90194
Country United States
State Oregon
County Tillamook
Elevation
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131 ft (40 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1121860 [1]

Hobsonville is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. [1] Although it is considered a ghost town, it is still classified as a populated place by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Hobsonville is on the east shore of Tillamook Bay, about 2 miles south of Garibaldi via U.S. Route 101 or about a mile from Garibaldi across Miami Cove. [2] [3]

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History

The community was named after pioneer John Hobson, who was one of the founders of the local salmon cannery. [4] Hobsonville once had an economy based on lumber and the salmon cannery–the Tillamook Packing Company–which began operating in 1884. [5] [6] Hobsonville also had a hotel and a creamery, and was a stop on the Tillamook Bay and Pacific Railway and Navigation Co. Railroad. [5] Hobsonville post office ran from 1883 to 1913. [4] According to Oregon: End of the Trail , nearby Hobsonville Point that extends into Tillamook Bay was named Talapus Cradle by the local Native Americans because of its resemblance to a cradleboard. [7] [8] The point was also once known as Driscoll Point. [9]

By 1930, Hobsonville was the home of several elderly Tillamook and Nehalem women, who talked with May Edel, an assistant to anthropologist Franz Boas. [10] By 1940 the townsite was overgrown by alder trees but several buildings and the unoccupied hotel building remained. [7] Shortly before 1940 the remains of the Smith lumber mill were washed into the bay. [7] [9]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Hobsonville, Oregon
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. Albright, Gary. "Tillamook Bay". The Oregon Encyclopedia . Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  4. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 471. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  5. 1 2 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 31. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  6. "Astoria and Vicinity". The Daily Morning Astorian . Astoria, Oregon. August 15, 1884. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  7. 1 2 3 Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p.  370. OCLC   4874569.
  8. Talapus is Chinook Jargon for the trickster Coyote.
  9. 1 2 "Garibaldi and the Old Mill History". The Old Mill. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
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