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 USGS. Hobsonville is located 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]

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]

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References

  1. ↑ "Hobsonville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  2. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  3. ↑ Albright, Gary. "Tillamook Bay". Oregon Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 11, 2014.
  4. 1 2 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 471. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
  5. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 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. 1 2 "Garibaldi and the Old Mill History". The Old Mill. 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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Coordinates: 45°32′56″N 123°54′07″W / 45.548993°N 123.902074°W / 45.548993; -123.902074


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