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.
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's Columbia 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]
References
edit- ^ "Olney". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 15, 2010.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 721. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ a b c Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 142. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
- ^ a b c d 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.
Further reading
edit- Churchill, Sam. Big Sam. Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday & Co., 1965. A reminiscence of growing up in the Western Cooperage camp at Olney.
External links
edit- Image of Olney General Store from Congressman David Wu
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