Nahcotta was first settled in 1890 by J.A. Morehead and named for Nahcati, the chief of a local Chinook tribe.[1][2] Nahcotta was once the northern terminal of the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, a narrow gauge railroad which ran from Ilwaco, and later from Megler, in southwestern Pacific County, up the Long Beach Peninsula to Nahcotta and back, once a day. The railroad was in operation from 1889 to 1930.[2]
The community had a small contract post office that opened in 1889 and was maintained by a pair of local residents out of a small building. The post office was closed on February 27, 2021, after a request from the operators for additional funds was denied by the United States Postal Service.[2]
^Majors, Harry M. (1975). Exploring Washington. Van Winkle Publishing Co. p. 115. ISBN978-0-918664-00-6.
^ abcLacitis, Erik (March 15, 2021). "She got $662/month to run a tiny Washington town post office. When asked for more, USPS shut it down". The Seattle Times. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
Further readingedit
Greene, Trecia R.; Portrait of Peninsula Woman; Lincoln, Nebraska: iUniverse, Inc., 2006. Portraits of Nahcotta women published in the Long Beach Peninsula's Chinook Observer between September 2001 and June 2005.
External linksedit
Passenger train departing from Nahcotta dock, 1910
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