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Clatsop County, Oregon

Historic newspapers, landmarks, and county history layers for genealogists and local historians.

—newspaper titles
—digitized titles
62historic places
—earliest paper
1845formed
41,072pop. 2020
13cemeteries
—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 62 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1966; 2 are also National Historic Landmarks. Most listings are in or near Astoria, Cannon Beach, Seaside.

Summary generated automatically from the source data on this page.

Newspapers

Library of Congress

Newspaper directory data for Oregon is not yet loaded on this site. Browse Clatsop titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

48 of 62 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

62 listed properties
PropertyCityTypeListed
Astor BuildingAstoriaBuilding1984
Astor, John Jacob, HotelAstoriaBuilding1979
Astoria City HallAstoriaBuilding1984
Astoria ColumnAstoriaStructure1974
Astoria Downtown Historic DistrictAstoriaDistrict1998
Astoria Elks BuildingAstoriaBuilding1990
Astoria Fire House No. 2AstoriaBuilding1984
Astoria Marine Construction Company Historic DistrictAstoriaDistrict2014
Astoria Victory MonumentAstoriaBuilding1984
Astoria Wharf and Warehouse CompanyAstoriaBuilding1984
Bald Point Site (35CLT23)Cannon BeachSite1997
Bartlett, Robert Rensselaer, HouseAstoriaBuilding1986
Cahill-Nordstrom FarmClatskanieDistrict2023
Cherry, Peter L., HouseAstoriaBuilding1984
Clatsop County CourthouseAstoriaBuilding1984
Clatsop County Jail (Old)AstoriaBuilding1983
Ecola Point Site (35CLT21)Cannon BeachSite1997
Erickson-Larsen EnsembleAstoriaBuilding1991
Ferguson, Albert W., HouseAstoriaBuilding1984
Fisher, Ferdinand, HouseAstoriaBuilding1987
Flavel, Capt. George, House and Carriage HouseAstoriaBuilding1980
Flavel, Captain George Conrad, HouseAstoriaBuilding1986
Flavel, George C. and Winona, HouseAstoriaBuilding1991
Foard, Martin, HouseAstoriaBuilding1986
Fort Astoria NHLAstoriaSite1966
Fort Clatsop National MemorialAstoriaBuilding1966
Fort StevensHammondSite1971
Fullam, William and Nellie, HouseSeasideBuilding1991
Gilbert, Rev. William S., HouseAstoriaBuilding1993
Goodwin-Wilkinson FarmhouseWarrentonBuilding1992
Grace Episcopal Church Rectory, OldAstoriaBuilding1990
Grace Episcopal Church and RectoryAstoriaBuilding1984
Gray, Capt. J. H. D., HouseAstoriaBuilding1984
Griffin, John N., HouseAstoriaBuilding1984
Haller-Black HouseSeasideBuilding1991
Hlilusqahih Site (35CLT37)KnappaSite1984
Hobson, John, HouseAstoriaBuilding1978
Holmes, Gustavus, HouseAstoriaBuilding1984
ISABELLA Shipwreck Site and RemainsAstoriaSite1989
Indian Creek Village Site (35CLT12)Cannon BeachSite1997
Indian Point Site (35 CLT 34)SvensenSite1984
Larson, Peter and Maria, HouseAstoriaBuilding1990
Latourette, Charles, David, HouseGearhartBuilding1984
Leinenweber, Christian, HouseAstoriaBuilding1999
Lightship WAL-604, COLUMBIA NHLAstoriaStructure1989
Noonan-Norblad HouseAstoriaBuilding1988
Page, Judge C. H., HouseAstoriaBuilding1985
Preston, Charles, HouseSeasideBuilding1991
Sea LyftGearhartBuilding2001
Shively-McClure Historic DistrictAstoriaDistrict2005
Staples, Norris, HouseAstoriaBuilding1984
Stevens, Charles, HouseAstoriaBuilding1985
Svenson Blacksmith ShopAstoriaBuilding1986
Tillamook Rock LighthouseSeasideBuilding1981
US Post Office and Custom HouseAstoriaBuilding1985
Union Fishermen's Cooperative Packing Company Alderbrook StationAstoriaBuilding1991
Uniontown-Alameda Historic DistrictAstoriaDistrict1988
Warren Investment Company Housing GroupAstoriaBuilding1986
Warren, Daniel Knight, HouseWarrentonBuilding1988
West, Oswald, Coastal RetreatCannon BeachBuilding1992
Young, Andrew, HouseAstoriaBuilding1986
Young, Benjamin, House and Carriage HouseAstoriaBuilding1979

Source: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places. Property links open NRHP nomination files at the National Archives.

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Clatsop was formed in 1845 (1845-12-19) from unknown / original county.

CLATSOP defined for the first time making it possible to map its 22 June 1844 creation from TUALITY DISTRICT (now WASHINGTON).

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Clatsop County population from 1850 to 2020 (Census historical series).

41k21k4621850188019201940196020002020
18501860188019001920194019501960198020002020
4624987,22212,76523,03024,69730,77627,38032,48935,63041,072

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau historical county population (Forstall 1790–1990) and public-domain / CC0 county population series through 2020.

National Park Service sites nearby

NPS

Park units within about 40 km of the county centroid (from NPS Public POIs; no API key).

SiteTypeDist.
Lewis and Clark National Historical ParkPark unit29.6 km

Source: NPS National Datasets / Public POIs. The NPS Developer API requires a free key and was not used.

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

13 cemeteries and 8 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 13 of 13 listed
NameLatLon
Clatsop Plains Cemetery46.12141-123.9279
Evergreen Cemetery45.96531-123.91417
Fort Stevens Cemetery46.19453-123.96093
Greenwood Cemetery46.13673-123.8045
Jewell Cemetery45.93571-123.50873
Lewis and Clark Cemetery46.11329-123.8539
Maplewood Cemetery46.17733-123.55317
Ocean View Cemetery46.15204-123.9368
Pioneer Cemetery46.18164-123.82717
Prairie Cemetery46.17381-123.5839
Riverview Cemetery46.18632-123.82796
Sunny Hill Cemetery45.86566-123.57317
Svensen Pioneer Cemetery46.15919-123.64882
Historical populated places — 8 of 8
NameLatLon
Biddle46.13289-123.66069
Blind Slough46.20178-123.56236
Bradwood46.19678-123.43902
Burnside46.17511-123.67819
Chadwell46.10261-123.85125
Denver45.95122-123.56791
Flavel46.1901-123.92903
Necanicum45.90678-123.78486

Source: USGS Geographic Names Information System (public domain). Cemeteries from the 2021 NationalFile archive; historical places from GNIS HistoricalFeatures topical extract.

Historical markers

HMdb link

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