Oretown, Oregon

Oretown
Unincorporated community
Oretown is located in Oregon
Oretown
Oretown
Location within the state of Oregon
Oretown is located in the United States
Oretown
Oretown
Oretown (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°09′13″N 123°57′19″W / 45.15361°N 123.95528°W / 45.15361; -123.95528
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyTillamook
Elevation
39 ft (12 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1147268[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

Oretown is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is along U.S. Route 101 about 4 miles (6 km) north of Neskowin and south of Nestucca Bay.[2]

In 1877, settlers James B. Upton and S. H. Rock petitioned Senator John H. Mitchell asking for a mail route to Grand Ronde and a post office.[3] Upton owned a seal marked "Oregon City", so he suggested the new post office be named "Ore City" and he would alter the seal so it could be used for the new community.[3] Mitchell knew confusion with Oregon City would occur, and suggested the name "Oretown" to the postal authorities instead.[3] The name was accepted and Oretown post office ran from 1877 to 1954.[3] Today Oretown has a Cloverdale mailing address.[4]

At one time Oretown had a cheese factory and a salmon cannery.[5] Today the community has a historic church, the 1913 Oretown Bible Church, a Grange hall built in 1907, and a few houses.[4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b c "Oretown". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 26. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. ^ a b c d McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 730. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  4. ^ a b "Oretown Bible Church". Pacific City - Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce: Member Directory. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  5. ^ a b Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 40. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
  6. ^ "Oretown Bible Church". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
  7. ^ "Oretown Grange Hall". Oregon Historic Sites Database: Oregon Department of Parks and Recreation. Retrieved February 26, 2012.