Olney, Oregon

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Olney is an unincorporated community and former company town in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 202 approximately eight miles south of Astoria. [1] Its post office is assigned ZIP code 97325.

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The town of Olney was named after Oregon Territory Supreme Court justice Cyrus Olney, who was from Astoria. [2] [3]

There were several logging camps near Olney, many originally only accessible by boat up the Youngs River or by Albert S. Kerry'sColumbia and Nehalem River Railroad. [4] In 1910, the Western Cooperage Company camp was established in Olney. [4] It was run by the Tidewater Timber Company from 1923 to 1943. [4] Western Cooperage provided company housing for its workers and in 1915 the population was 50, which was near its maximum. [3] [4] Olney post office was established in 1875 and ran until 1950. [2] Today, Olney still has a general store. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Olney". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
  2. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 721. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  3. 1 2 3 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 142. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Carlson, Linda (2003). Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest. Seattle: University of Washington Press. pp. 164, 230. ISBN   0-295-98332-9. Archived from the original on January 19, 2009.

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