Olney is an unincorporated community and former company town in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 202 approximately eight miles southeast of Astoria.^[1] Its post office is assigned ZIP code 97325.

The town of Olney was named after Oregon Territory Supreme Court justice Cyrus Olney, who was from Astoria.^[2][3]

There were several logging camps near Olney, many originally only accessible by boat up the Youngs River or by Albert S. Kerry's Columbia and Nehalem River Railroad.^[4] In 1910, the Western Cooperage Company camp was established in Olney.^[4] It was run by the Tidewater Timber Company from 1923 to 1943.^[4] Western Cooperage provided company housing for its workers and in 1915 the population was 50, which was near its maximum.^[3][4] Olney post office was established in 1875 and ran until 1950.^[2] Today, Olney still has a general store.^[3]

• Churchill, Sam. Big Sam. Garden City, N.Y.:Doubleday & Co., 1965. A reminiscence of growing up in the Western Cooperage camp at Olney.

• Image of Olney General Store from Congressman David Wu

46°06′00″N 123°45′27″W / 46.100109°N 123.757637°W / 46.100109; -123.757637

This Clatsop County, Oregon state location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e