The post office at this locale was originally named "Ahlers" after Herman Ahlers, a local resident and the first postmaster.[4] Ahlers changed the name of the office to "Push" in 1899, because he expected the place to become an enterprising community.[4] The name was changed to Necanicum in 1907, after the Necanicum River, and the office closed in 1916, with Ahlers still postmaster.[4] "Necanicum" is one of many names in northwest Oregon beginning with ne, which is a Native American prefix indicating a place.[4] Necanicum is derived from Ne-hay-ne-hum, the name of a Native American lodge upstream.[4] The journal of the Oregon Pioneer Association gave the name as "Nekonikon" in 1887.[4] Herman Ahlers said the name meant "a gap in the mountains".[4] The current spelling was adopted by a decision of the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1915, as the most common local usage over "Necanacum" and "Nekanakum".[1]
In 1915, Necanicum had a population of 50.[5] As of 1990, there was a store and a café at Necanicum Junction.[5]
necanicum, oregon, necanicum, unincorporated, community, clatsop, county, oregon, united, states, located, approximately, miles, southeast, seaside, route, northern, oregon, coast, range, next, necanicum, river, necanicum, junction, about, mile, east, site, fo. Necanicum is an unincorporated community in Clatsop County Oregon United States 1 It is located approximately 13 miles southeast of Seaside on U S Route 26 in the Northern Oregon Coast Range next to the Necanicum River Necanicum Junction is about a mile east of the site of the former post office at the intersection of U S 26 and Oregon Route 53 2 3 It is served by the Seaside post office The post office at this locale was originally named Ahlers after Herman Ahlers a local resident and the first postmaster 4 Ahlers changed the name of the office to Push in 1899 because he expected the place to become an enterprising community 4 The name was changed to Necanicum in 1907 after the Necanicum River and the office closed in 1916 with Ahlers still postmaster 4 Necanicum is one of many names in northwest Oregon beginning with ne which is a Native American prefix indicating a place 4 Necanicum is derived from Ne hay ne hum the name of a Native American lodge upstream 4 The journal of the Oregon Pioneer Association gave the name as Nekonikon in 1887 4 Herman Ahlers said the name meant a gap in the mountains 4 The current spelling was adopted by a decision of the United States Board on Geographic Names in 1915 as the most common local usage over Necanacum and Nekanakum 1 In 1915 Necanicum had a population of 50 5 As of 1990 there was a store and a cafe at Necanicum Junction 5 References edit a b Necanicum historical Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior May 22 1986 Retrieved December 18 2010 Oregon Atlas amp Gazetteer 7th ed Yarmouth Maine DeLorme 2008 p 20 ISBN 0 89933 347 8 Necanicum Junction Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior May 22 1986 Retrieved December 18 2010 a b c d e f g McArthur Lewis A McArthur Lewis L 2003 1928 Oregon Geographic Names 7th ed Portland Oregon Oregon Historical Society Press pp 693 694 ISBN 978 0875952772 a b Friedman Ralph 1990 In Search of Western Oregon 2nd ed Caldwell Idaho The Caxton Printers Ltd ISBN 0 87004 332 3 45 54 24 N 123 47 05 W 45 906777 N 123 784855 W 45 906777 123 784855 nbsp This Clatsop County Oregon state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Necanicum Oregon amp oldid 1167394393, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
