City of Long Beach Pacific County, Washington
LONG BEACH: A Pacific Ocean resort / city on Highway 103. On November 1, 1880, Henry Harrison Tinker purchased one square mile of a sandy swamp, bordering an unbroken 21-mile long "weather beach" on the Pacific Ocean. It was Tinker's dream to develop a resort on his property which would attract travelers year around. To this end he laid out lots and blocks (with park areas reserved for picnics), named streets, started the process of filling lowlands, and advertised the availability of lots in "Tinker's Addition to Long Beach" in Portland newspapers. Tinker also built the Long Beach Hotel for those who couldn't afford to buy one of the tent-sized lots or were "just passing through". Tinker's subdivision was popular with Portland residents almost immediately. Camping tents, summer cottages, and commercial ventures popped up everywhere. Residents and visitors called the resort "Tinkerville" for many years but the post office department recognized the name Long Beach when a post office was established January 25, 1887. Long Beach has been a popular beach resort community, for over 100 years. The town was incorporated in 1922.
Place Names of Pacific County By Larry J. Weathers
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General information on City of Long Beach
- Feature Type: Incorporated
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Long Beach
A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named
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Origin Notes and History of City of Long Beach
References to City of Long Beach that document the origin of its place name
LONG BEACH, a town in the western part of Pacific County. Professor W. D. Lyman says: "Between the head of the bay and its mouth is a strip of beach a mile or two wide and twenty miles long, which, commonly called Long Beach, is one of the most superb places of the kind in the country. There is an unbroken carriage drive on the hard beach of twenty miles." (History of the Pacific Northwest: Oregon and Washington, Volume II., page 104.)
A Selected Bibliography of City of Long Beach, Pacific County, Washington
A compilation of essential readings detailing the history, geography, and culture of the region.
The Long Beach Peninsula where the Columbia meets the Pacific by Donella J. Lucero, Nancy L. Hobbs
Jutting northward from the mouth of the Columbia River, the Long Beach Peninsula defines Washington's southwestern coastal geography. The picturesque blend of beach and forest along the river, Willapa Bay, and the Pacific Ocean was home to the Chinook Indians who first settled this region. European and American trade came to this area in the 18th century, opening the way for Lewis and Clark to explore and establish a land route to the Pacific. The region prospered because of its diverse natural resources and thriving fur trade. Today, a vibrant tourist industry fuels the Peninsula's continuing development.
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Pacific County
- Balevile (historical)
- Bay Center
- Bay Center Junction
- Bedford
- Breakers
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- Brooklyn
- Bruceport
- Burt
- Camp Brix (historical)
- Chinook
- Davis
- Dexter by the Sea
- East Raymond
- Elk Creek
- Firdale
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- Frances
- Frankfort
- Globe
- Heather
- Hilda
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- Holman
- City of Ilwaco
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- Lebam
- City of Long Beach
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- Middle Nemah
- Moores Corner
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- Nallpee
- Naselle
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- Nemah Junction
- North Cove
- North Nemah
- Ocean Park
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- Oysterville
- Pacific City (historical)
- Pluvius
- City of Raymond
- Rhodesia Beach
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- Seaport (historical)
- Seaview
- City of South Bend
- Stringtown
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- Tokeland
- Upper Salmon Junction
- Venice
- Willapa
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