Hobsonville, Oregon

Hobsonville is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.[1] Although it is considered a ghost town, it is still classified as a populated place by the United States Geological Survey (USGS). Hobsonville is on the east shore of Tillamook Bay, about 2 miles south of Garibaldi via U.S. Route 101 or about a mile from Garibaldi across Miami Cove.[2][3]

Hobsonville
Unincorporated community
Hobsonville
Location within the state of Oregon
Hobsonville
Hobsonville (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°32′56″N 123°54′07″W
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyTillamook
Elevation
131 ft (40 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
GNIS feature ID1121860[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

The community was named after pioneer John Hobson, who was one of the founders of the local salmon cannery.[4] Hobsonville once had an economy based on lumber and the salmon cannery–the Tillamook Packing Company–which began operating in 1884.[5][6] Hobsonville also had a hotel and a creamery, and was a stop on the Tillamook Bay and Pacific Railway and Navigation Co. Railroad.[5] Hobsonville post office ran from 1883 to 1913.[4] According to Oregon: End of the Trail, nearby Hobsonville Point that extends into Tillamook Bay was named Talapus Cradle by the local Native Americans because of its resemblance to a cradleboard.[7][8] The point was also once known as Driscoll Point.[9]

By 1930, Hobsonville was the home of several elderly Tillamook and Nehalem women, who talked with May Edel, an assistant to anthropologist Franz Boas.[10] By 1940 the townsite was overgrown by alder trees but several buildings and the unoccupied hotel building remained.[7] Shortly before 1940 the remains of the Smith lumber mill were washed into the bay.[7][9]

See also

References
  1. "Hobsonville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  2. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. Albright, Gary. "Tillamook Bay". The Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  4. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 471. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  5. Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 31. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
  6. "Astoria and Vicinity". The Daily Morning Astorian. Astoria, Oregon. August 15, 1884. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  7. Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Oregon (1940). Oregon: End of the Trail. American Guide Series. Portland, Oregon: Binfords & Mort. p. 370. OCLC 4874569.
  8. Talapus is Chinook Jargon for the trickster Coyote.
  9. "Garibaldi and the Old Mill History". The Old Mill. Archived from the original on October 8, 2014. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  10. Neal, LeeAnn (October 8, 2008). "Cultural geographer to relate Nehalem tales". The Oregonian. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
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