Olney, Oregon

Olney is an unincorporated community and former company town in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 202 about eight miles south of Astoria.^[1]

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

1. ^ "Olney". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1136599. Retrieved 2010-01-15. 
2. ^ ^{a b} McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 721. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
3. ^ ^{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. http://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&dq=In+Search+of+Western+Oregon&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=EqYsMxgjFV&sig=-LgVXTSELf6PF3blbmVNAxkDOnE&hl=en&ei=AgQvS-CDI42otgPR69C5BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Olney&f=false. 
4. ^ ^{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. http://www.lindacarlson.com/historybook.html. 

Further reading

• 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

• Image of Olney General Store from Congressman David Wu

Coordinates: 46°06′00″N 123°45′27″W / 46.1001092°N 123.7576372°W / 46.1001092; -123.7576372