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Tillamook County, Oregon

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30historic places

—earliest paper

1853formed

27,390pop. 2020

13cemeteries

—CW battlefields

At a glance

Summary

The National Register of Historic Places includes 30 listed properties in the county, first listed in 1976. Most listings are in or near Netarts, Manzanita, Tillamook.

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 Tillamook titles at the Library of Congress.

National Register of Historic Places

NPS NRHP

7 of 30 listings mapped; some locations are restricted by NPS to protect sensitive sites.

30 listed properties

Property	City	Type	Listed
35-TI-4-Cronin Point Site	Manzanita	Site	2001
35-TI-75-Spruce Tree Site	Manzanita	Site	2001
35-TI-76-North Trail House Site	Manzanita	Site	2001
Archeological Site (35TI39)	Netarts	Site	1997
Archeological Site 35-TI-40	Netarts	Site	2001
Archeological Site 35TI1	Netarts	Site	1997
Archeological Site 35TI44	Netarts	Site	1997
Archeological Site 35TI45	Netarts	Site	1997
Archeological site 35TI36	Netarts	Site	1997
Archeological site 35TI38	Netarts	Site	1997
Archeological site 35TI54	Netarts	Site	1997
Cape Canyon Midden (35TI61)	Netarts	Site	1997
Cape Meares Lighthouse	Tillamook	Building	1993
Cove Creek Midden (35TI35)	Netarts	Site	1997
Doyle, A. E., Cottage	Nehalem	Building	1991
Isom, Mary Frances, Cottage	Nehalem	Building	1991
Nehalem Bay Dune Site	Nehalem	Site	1997
Nehalem Boat Ramp Midden (35TI62)	Manzanita	Site	1997
Netarts FCR Camp (35TI67)	Netarts	Site	1997
Netarts Marsh Site (35TI68)	Netarts	Site	1997
Netarts Spit FCR-Elko Site (35TI65)	Netarts	Site	1997
Netarts Spit Lithic Site	Netarts	Site	1997
Oceanside Site (35TI47)	Oceanside	Site	1997
Pine Grove Community House	Manzanita	Building	2017
Smuggler Cove Shell Midden (35TI46)	Neahkahnie	Site	1997
US Coast Guard Station-Tillamook Bay	Garibaldi	Building	1993
US Naval Air Station Dirigible Hangar B	Tillamook	Building	1989
US Post Office	Tillamook	Building	1985
Wentz, Harry F., Studio	Manzanita	Building	1976
Wilson River Bridge No. 01499	Tillamook	Structure	2005

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

County formation

Newberry AHCB

Tillamook was formed in 1853 (1853-12-15) from Clatsop, Polk, Yamhill.

TILLAMOOK created by Oregon Territory from CLATSOP, POLK, and YAMHILL.

Source: Newberry Library, Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.

Population by decade

Census

Tillamook County population from 1860 to 2020 (Census historical series).

1860	1880	1900	1920	1940	1950	1960	1980	2000	2020
95	970	4,471	8,810	12,263	18,606	18,955	21,164	24,262	27,390

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

Cemeteries & historical places

USGS GNIS

13 cemeteries and 5 historical populated places (ghost towns / former settlements) recorded in USGS GNIS for this county.

Cemeteries — 13 of 13 listed

Name	Lat	Lon
Bay City IOOF Cemetery	45.5101	-123.85318
Blaine Cemetery	45.28242	-123.7112
Gist Cemetery	45.20366	-123.83857
Nehalem American Legion Cemetery	45.71392	-123.91975
Nestucca Valley Community Cemetery	45.22742	-123.87141
Oretown Cemetery	45.15358	-123.94911
Sacred Heart Cemetery	45.42375	-123.80659
Sunset Heights Memorial Gardens	45.44827	-123.78827
Tillamook IOOF Cemetery	45.45871	-123.80844
Trask Fairview Pioneer Cemetery	45.44943	-123.78101
Trout Cemetery	45.45843	-123.82816
Union Cemetery	45.1803	-123.91995
Woods IOOF Cemetery	45.22343	-123.95538

Historical populated places — 5 of 5

Name	Lat	Lon
Barnegat	45.50538	-123.9443
Bayocean	45.5276	-123.95235
Foley	45.65816	-123.84152
Nenamusa	45.24567	-123.59428
Saltair	45.60427	-123.94569

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

Historical markers

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