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Ocean Park was once a station on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, a narrow gauge railroad that ran along the Long Beach Peninsula from 1889 to 1930. [5] One of the oldest buildings in Pacific County is the Taylor Hotel building, built in 1887, currently in use as Adelaide's Cafe and Bookstore named after Adelaide Taylor, [6] the wife of the original hotel owner.
Recovering driftwood from the Pacific Ocean, Allison also made what he called a "zoo" of driftwood animal shapes surrounding the house that appear on U.S. Geological Survey maps as "Wreckage Park Zoo." [2] The collection was featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! and Strange as it Seems. [3]
The county was formed by the government of Oregon Territory in February 1851 [3] and is named for the Pacific Ocean. Pacific County is centered on Willapa Bay , a region that provides twenty-five percent of the United States oyster harvest, [ 4 ] although forestry, fishing, and tourism are also significant elements of the county's economy.
The town, originally called Ocosta-by-the-sea, was the product of a disagreement between Aberdeen, WA and the Northern Pacific Railroad. In those days, it was common for the NP to accept a cash incentive from a town that wished to connect to the system. Aberdeen refused to pay, and the NP established the town in an attempt to bypass the city.
View history; General What links here; ... ZIP code: 98631. Area code: 360: FIPS code: 53-40070 [4] ... The Pacific Ocean and Long Beach.
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Oysterville is an unincorporated community located along Willapa Bay on the Long Beach Peninsula in Pacific County, Washington, United States.It is approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) from the city of Ocean Park, and 15 miles (24 km) from Long Beach.
Ocean Shores is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. The population was 6,715 at the 2020 census , [ 4 ] and according to 2023 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 7,549.