Olney, Oregon

{{Short description| Unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2018}}

thumb|300px|right|The general store in Olney, May 2013

'''Olney''' is an unincorporated community and former company town in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 202 approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} southeast of Astoria.<ref name=GNIS>{{gnis|1136599|Olney}}</ref>

==Description== The town of Olney was named after Oregon Territory Supreme Court justice Cyrus Olney, who was from Astoria.<ref name=OGN>{{Cite OGN|7th|page=721}}</ref><ref name=Friedman>{{cite book |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&q=Olney |title= In Search of Western Oregon |author= Friedman, Ralph |author-link= Ralph Friedman |year= 1990 |edition= 2nd |page= 142 |publisher= The Caxton Printers, Ltd |location= Caldwell, Idaho |isbn= 0-87004-332-3}}</ref> Its post office is assigned ZIP code 97325.

There were several logging camps near Olney, many originally only accessible by boat up the Youngs River or by Albert S. Kerry's Columbia and Nehalem River Railroad.<ref name=Carlson>{{cite book |author= Carlson, Linda |title= Company Towns of the Pacific Northwest |year= 2003 |pages= 164, 230 |isbn= 0-295-98332-9 |publisher= University of Washington Press |location= Seattle |url= http://www.lindacarlson.com/historybook.html |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090119112640/http://lindacarlson.com/historybook.html |archive-date= January 19, 2009 |df= mdy-all }}</ref> In 1910, the Western Cooperage Company camp was established in Olney.<ref name=Carlson/> It was run by the Tidewater Timber Company from 1923 to 1943.<ref name=Carlson/> Western Cooperage provided company housing for its workers and in 1915 the population was 50, which was near its maximum.<ref name=Friedman/><ref name=Carlson/> Olney post office was established in 1875 and ran until 1950.<ref name=OGN/> Today, Olney still has a general store.<ref name=Friedman/>

==See also== {{portal-inline|Oregon}}

==References== {{reflist|22em}}

==Further reading== * Churchill, Sam. ''Big Sam''. Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday & Co., 1965. A reminiscence of growing up in the Western Cooperage camp at Olney.

==External links== {{commons category|Olney, Oregon}} * [http://www.house.gov/wu/photogallery/DSCF0085.JPG Image of Olney General Store] from Congressman David Wu

{{Coord|46.100109|-123.757637|type:city_region:US-OR|display=title}}

Category:Unincorporated communities in Clatsop County, Oregon Category:Company towns in Oregon Category:1875 establishments in Oregon Category:Populated places in the United States established in 1875 Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon