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Astoria is a port city and the seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States.Founded in 1811, Astoria is the oldest city in the state and was the first permanent American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. [6]
The National Register recognizes places of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. [1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and 62 of those are found in Clatsop County.
Map of Clatsop County. Clatsop County (/ ˈ k l æ t s ə p /) is the northernmost county in the U.S. state of Oregon.As of the 2020 census, the population was 41,072. [1] The county seat is Astoria. [2]
Astoria City Hall is the current city hall for the town of Astoria, Oregon, United States.Built in 1923 to house a bank, the building became the city hall in 1939, and it has remained Astoria's seat of government for more than 75 years.
Oregon, a current U.S. state since the previous Oregon Territory (1848-1859) with its admission to the federal Union as the 33rd state in February 1859; The history of Oregon, and of the Pacific Northwest region, has received relatively less attention from historians, as compared to other regions of the American far west. [1]
(The state of Oregon does not sign Interstate business routes; instead, it uses the designations US 30 and Oregon Route 99 [OR 99; along the I-5 corridor] for this purpose.) Out of all the states US 30 traverses, it spends the most time in Oregon. [citation needed] At 477.02 miles (767.69 km), it is also the longest road in the state.
A 15-year-old boy and his father were rescued after getting stuck in strong currents while boogie boarding in Oregon over the weekend. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, a bystander spotted the ...
It is the official state maritime museum for Oregon. [5] The museum opened 62 years ago in August 1963 [2] in the Old Astoria City Hall and in 1982 it moved to its current location, on the waterfront. [7] [8] [9] A remodeling and expansion was undertaken in 2001–02.