Clatsop
(KLAT-suhp), county (
1,084 sq mi/2,808 sq km; 1990 pop.
33,301), NW Oregon; Astoria; 46°00'N 123°42'W. NW extremity
of state, bounded N by Columbia R. (forms Wash. state boundary) and W
by Pacific Ocean; drained by Nehalem R. Bridge from Astoria to Wash.
state (4 mi/6.4 km long). Fur farms. Poultry,
sheep, cattle. Fishing. Wineries. Coast Range to E. Ecola and Hug Point
State Parks and Tolovona Beach State Wayside in SW. Fort Clatsop Natl.
Memorial, Fort Stevens State Park and Del Rey Beach State Wayside in
NW. Bradley State Wayside in NE. Saddle Mt. State Park at center. Lewis
and Clark Natl. Wildlife Refuge on marshy isls. in Columbia R. in NE.
Camp Rilea Military Reservation in NW. Parts of Clatsop State Forest in
E and NE; parts of Tillamook State Forest in S and SE. Formed
1844.
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Astoria; 46°00'N 123°42'W. NW extremity
of state, bounded N by Columbia R. (forms Wash. state boundary) and W
by Pacific Ocean; drained by Nehalem R. Bridge from Astoria to Wash.
state (4 mi/6.4 km long). Fur farms. Poultry,
sheep, cattle. Fishing. Wineries. Coast Range to E. Ecola and Hug Point
State Parks and Tolovona Beach State Wayside in SW. Fort Clatsop Natl.
Memorial, Fort Stevens State Park and Del Rey Beach State Wayside in
NW. Bradley State Wayside in NE. Saddle Mt. State Park at center. Lewis
and Clark Natl. Wildlife Refuge on marshy isls. in Columbia R. in NE.
Camp Rilea Military Reservation in NW. Parts of Clatsop State Forest in
E and NE; parts of Tillamook State Forest in S and SE. Formed
1844.
