Kerry, Oregon

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Kerry, Oregon
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Kerry
Coordinates: 46°07′16″N123°21′07″W / 46.121°N 123.352°W / 46.121; -123.352
Country United States
State Oregon
County Columbia
Elevation
23 ft (7 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
  Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97016
Area code(s) 503 and 971

Kerry is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States, [1] located about 30 miles east of Astoria. It was founded to extend the Columbia & Nehalem River Railroad and named in 1912 by lumberman Albert S. Kerry. In the 1920s it had about 200 inhabitants. [2] [3] Its post office opened in 1917 and closed in 1938. [3]

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References

  1. "Kerry". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  2. Dougherty, Phil (29 November 2008). "Kerry, Albert Sperry (1866-1939)". HistoryLink.Org. Retrieved December 26, 2010.
  3. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN   978-0875952772.