Oretown, Oregon

Oretown
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 45°09′13″N 123°57′19″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Tillamook
Elevation	39 ft (12 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID	1147268[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]

References

1. "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. 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. "Oretown Bible Church". Pacific City - Nestucca Valley Chamber of Commerce: Member Directory. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
5. 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.

External links

• Images of Oretown from Flickr
• Biography of James Boughton Upton
• "Oregon Embezzler Swam Torrents to Surrender". Mansfield Daily Shield. Mansfield, Ohio. March 26, 1897. Retrieved February 26, 2012.
• History of Oretown Grange
• History of churches in Oretown
• History and images of Oretown School