Seaview Pacific County, Washington
SEAVIEW: Resort community at the junction of Highway 101 and 103. The man who named and platted Seaview was Jonathan L. Stout, who came to the Peninsula around 1859 and settled in the town of Unity. In 1880, Stout purchased 153.5 acres of ocean beach frontage for a summer resort. To begin with, he called his resort Stouts, then Ocean View, and next he tried North Pacific Beach. He finally settled on the name Sea View in 1881 and recorded his townsite at the courthouse on Oct. 6, 1881. The name was derived from the ocean view. Before the beach accreted the ocean was almost at the doorstep of Stouts hotel Sea View House. In 1888, the tracks of the Ilwaco railroad reached Seaview and a shed/waiting platform was erected near the hotel. The first regular train service began in May 1889. The train increased the flow of summer visitors and Seaview was one of the favorite spots to stop and pitch a tent on the beach. Stouts hotel burned in 1892, and he never recovered financially, but the resort was a success and the 50 x 100 lots sold quickly (most cost $100 each). The post office department established an office in Seaview on April 30, 1907. Seaview is a popular resort community and the favorite of tourists who enjoy walking narrow streets looking at historic beach cottages.
“A Name for Every Place Around Pacific County, from A to Z.” Chinook Observer, 13 May 2013, https://chinookobserver.com/2013/05/13/a-name-for-every-place-around-pacific-county-from-a-to-z/.
Mapped Location
Seaview: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.
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General information on Seaview
- Feature Type: Place
Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for Seaview
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| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Seaview | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Seaview
References to Seaview that document the origin of its place name
SEAVIEW, a town on the ocean shore in the southwestern part of Pacific County. J. L. Stout secured some four hundred acres on North Beach in 1871. He erected a summer hotel and gave it the name which has become that of the town. (History of Pacific Northwest Oregon and Washington, Volume II., page 588.)
Pacific County
- Balevile (historical)
- Bay Center
- Bay Center Junction
- Bedford
- Breakers
- Brigham City (historical)
- Brooklyn
- Bruceport
- Burt
- Camp Brix (historical)
- Chinook
- Davis
- Dexter by the Sea
- East Raymond
- Elk Creek
- Firdale
- Fort Canby
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- Heather
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- Naselle
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- Nemah Junction
- North Cove
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- Oceanview
- Oysterville
- Pacific City (historical)
- Pluvius
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- Seahaven (historical)
- Seaport (historical)
- Seaview
- City of South Bend
- Stringtown
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- Swem
- Tokeland
- Upper Salmon Junction
- Venice
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