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Birkenfeld is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States, in the Nehalem Valley on Oregon Route 202 between Jewell and Mist.[1]
German immigrant Anton Birkenfeld settled in the Nehalem Valley in 1886 and founded Birkenfeld in about 1910.[2] Birkenfeld's post office was founded in 1916,[2] bringing much-needed mail service on a more local basis. As of 2010, the Birkenfeld post office has been closed permanently.[3] Although mail can still be addressed directly to the defunct post office, the community has a Clatskanie ZIP code, 97016 and all mail directed toward Birkenfeld is automatically redirected there.[3]
As of the 1990s the community had a store, a café, a tavern, a garage, and a church.[4][5]
[edit] References
- ^ "Birkenfeld". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1117733. Retrieved 2010-01-10.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 84. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956.
- ^ a b "USPS ZIP Code Lookup". http://zip4.usps.com/zip4/citytown.jsp.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon. Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 144. ISBN 0-87004-332-3. http://books.google.com/books?id=4i1grNoMcWgC&dq=In+Search+of+Western+Oregon&printsec=frontcover&source=bl&ots=EqYsMxgjFV&sig=-LgVXTSELf6PF3blbmVNAxkDOnE&hl=en&ei=AgQvS-CDI42otgPR69C5BA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Birkenfeld&f=false.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1993) [1972]. Oregon for the Curious (3rd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Pars Publishing Company. p. 36. ISBN 0-87004-222-X. http://books.google.com/books?id=V8gJTJe6ePIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Ralph+Friedman&cd=3#v=onepage&q=Birkenfeld&f=false.
[edit] External links
- Historic image of Birkenfeld store from Salem Public Library
- Image of barn in Birkenfeld from Oregon State Archives
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Coordinates: 45°59′26″N 123°20′15″W / 45.9906668°N 123.3376214°W
