Necanicum, Oregon

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Necanicum is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. [1] It is located approximately 13 miles southeast of Seaside on U.S. Route 26 in the Northern Oregon Coast Range, next to the Necanicum River. Necanicum Junction is about a mile east of the site of the former post office, at the intersection of U.S. 26 and Oregon Route 53. [2] [3] It is served by the Seaside post office.

The post office at this locale was originally named "Ahlers" after Herman Ahlers, a local resident and the first postmaster. [4] Ahlers changed the name of the office to "Push" in 1899, because he expected the place to become an enterprising community. [4] The name was changed to Necanicum in 1907, after the Necanicum River, and the office closed in 1916, with Ahlers still postmaster. [4] "Necanicum" is one of many names in northwest Oregon beginning with ne, which is a Native American prefix indicating a place. [4] Necanicum is derived from Ne-hay-ne-hum, the name of a Native American lodge upstream. [4] The journal of the Oregon Pioneer Association gave the name as "Nekonikon" in 1887. [4] Herman Ahlers said the name meant "a gap in the mountains". [4] The current spelling was adopted by a decision of the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1915, as the most common local usage over "Necanacum" and "Nekanakum". [1]

In 1915, Necanicum had a population of 50. [5] As of 1990, there was a store and a café at Necanicum Junction. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Necanicum (historical)". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN   0-89933-347-8.
  3. ↑ "Necanicum Junction". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. May 22, 1986. Retrieved December 18, 2010.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. pp. 693–694. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  5. 1 2 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.

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