Twin Rocks, Oregon

Twin Rocks
Unincorporated community

Offshore features for which the community is named
Twin Rocks
Twin Rocks

Location within the state of Oregon

Coordinates: 45°35′52″N 123°56′41″W / 45.59778°N 123.94472°W / 45.59778; -123.94472Coordinates: 45°35′52″N 123°56′41″W / 45.59778°N 123.94472°W / 45.59778; -123.94472
Country United States
State Oregon
County Tillamook
Elevation 16 ft (5 m)
Time zone Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
 • Summer (DST) PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code 97136
Area code(s) 503 and 971
GNIS feature ID 1136853[1]
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System[1]

Twin Rocks is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States, on the Oregon Coast. Twin Rocks, founded as a summer resort community, was named for two offshore rocks, 100 feet (30 m) high, in the Pacific Ocean.[2] Twin Rocks post office was established in 1914, with William E. Dunsmoor as the first postmaster.[2] The post office closed in 1954.[2]

Twin Rocks is near two other unincorporated communities in Tillamook County, Barview and Watseco. The three communities are all along a 3-mile (5 km) stretch of U.S. Route 101 between the cities of Rockaway Beach and Garibaldi.[3]

Twin Rocks Friends Camp in the community was founded in 1918.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Twin Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 977. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  3. ↑ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  4. ↑ "History". Twin Rocks Friends Camp. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

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