Twin Rocks, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States

45°35′52″N 123°56′41″W / 45.59778°N 123.94472°W / 45.59778; -123.94472CountryUnited StatesStateOregonCountyTillamookElevation

16 ft (5 m)Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)ZIP code

97136

Area code(s)503 and 971GNIS feature ID1136853^[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]

In culture

Twin Rocks gave its name to folk singer Shawn Mullins' song Twin Rocks, Oregon, which appears on his 1998 album Soul's Core.

References

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