Frankfort Pacific County, Washington
FRANKFORT: Early Columbia River community near Portuguese Point (also called Barneys Point for Barney Gallagher who had a homestead there in 1876) in south central Pacific County. Named by (James) Frank Bourn and Frank Scott in their own honor. Bourn and Scott purchased land around Portuguese Point, formed the Frankfort Land Improvement and Investment Company on April 30, 1890, and on May 5, filed a town plat where fashionable people would walk the streets where commerce and industry would prosper. Frankfort had three golden years (1890-93). Land sales and boomtown development were brought to an end by the Panic of 1893. Frankfort survived until World War I but the plat was not vacated until 1952. During its existence Frankfort was only accessible by water. The town had dozens of residential dwellings owned by fishermen, a land office, the Gannon Hotel, a newspaper (Frankfort Chronicle), school, store, saloon, and a post office established June 6, 1890 (closed Feb. 28, 1918). The last person living in Frankfort died in 1964. (See Grays Frankfort.)
“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/.
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| Name | Description |
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| Frankfort | Official |
Origin Notes and History of Frankfort
References to Frankfort that document the origin of its place name
FRANKFORT, a town on the Columbia River, in Pacific County. It was named by the promoters in 1890 in honor of Frank Bourn and Frank Scott, who had the townsite laid out and platted. (Postmaster of Frankfort, in Names MSS., Letter 120.)
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