Brownsmead, Oregon

Brownsmead, Oregon
Unincorporated community
Grange hall
Brownsmead Brownsmead Location within the state of Oregon
Coordinates: 46°13′3″N 123°32′29″W / 46.21750°N 123.54139°WCoordinates: 46°13′3″N 123°32′29″W / 46.21750°N 123.54139°W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clatsop
Time zone	Pacific (PST) (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
ZIP code	97103
Area code(s)	503 and 971

Grange hall

Rail station

Brownsmead is an unincorporated community, on a distributary of the Columbia River called Saspal Slough, in Clatsop County, Oregon. Previously known as Brody, it was named after W.G. Brown, a Portland engineer involved in land reclamation in the area. There was a post office in Brownsmead from 1919 to 1975,^[1] located in the Brownsmead General Store.

Historic photos of the Brownsmead fish station, located where Davis Creek feeds into Blind Slough, reveal docked gillnetting boats. One such boat is shown in the boat hoist, resting above the water by several feet on the dock.^[2]

Brownsmead is the northernmost settlement in the state of Oregon.

References

1. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 118. ISBN 978-0875952772.
2. Historic Photographs of Brownsmead salmon station