- Apiary, Oregon
Apiary is an unincorporated community in Columbia County,
Oregon ,United States that takes its name from a post office established by David M. Dorsey. The post office operated fromAugust 28 ,1889 untilMarch 24 ,1924 .cite book
last = McArthur
first = Lewis A.
authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur
coauthors =Lewis L. McArthur
title =Oregon Geographic Names
origyear = 1928
edition = Seventh Edition
year = 2003
publisher =Oregon Historical Society Press
location = Portland,Oregon
id = ISBN 0-87595-277-1
pages = ] It is reported that Dorsey was a beekeeper which provided the source of the name for the Post Office and thus the community.The community was served by Apiary School District #38, which operated a 2-room school providing education services for grades 1 through 8. When operational, it operated in conjunction with the Rainier Union High School District which provided education services for grades 9 through 12. (The high school district also included a number of other grade school districts in the area: Delena, Hudson, Fern Hill, Rainier, Goble, Shiloh Basin, and Neer City districts. In the 1960s, the districts were consolidated into a single district, and the rural schools were closed.) The community and the school are located along the road now known as Apiary Road near the headwaters of the North Fork of the
Clatskanie River . At this writing, the school building still exists but has been converted to a private home. The community also includes a pioneer cemetery but has never contained a community center such as a church, grange hall, or even a fire station.Currently, Apiary Road [http://egov.oregon.gov/ODOT/TD/TDATA/gis/docs/countymaps/colu1.pdf Columbia County Road Map] is a popular freight route for forest products moving from the
Northern Oregon Coast Range (particularly areas drained by theNehalem River ) to markets inLongview, Washington . The Apiary Road interconnects theNehalem Highway north of Pittsburg signed asOregon Route 47 with US 30 west of Rainier. However, the intersection with US 30 is signed as Larson Road because Apiary Road technically ends at Old Rainier Road, a former route of US 30 just to the south of the present US 30 Route.References
External links
* [http://www.vannattabros.com/geo1.html Apiary history from VanNatta Forestry and Logging]
* [http://www.ghosttowns.com/states/or/apiary.html Apiary, Oregon at ghostowns.com]
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