Oregon Department of Forestry Astoria District

About forestry service, 97103, Astoria, OR, US, Oregon

Astoria is a port city in and the county seat of Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1811, Astoria is the oldest city in the state and was the first permanent American settlement west of the Rocky Mountains. The county is the northwest corner of Oregon, and Astoria is located on the south shore of the Columbia River, near where the river flows into the Pacific Ocean. The city is named for John Jacob Astor, an investor and entrepreneur from New York City, whose American Fur Company founded Fort Astoria at the site and established a monopoly in the fur trade in the early 19th century. Astoria was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on October 20, 1856. The population was 10,181 at the 2020 census. The city has a deepwater port, operated by the Port of Astoria, and lies across Youngs Bay from Astoria Regional Airport in Warrenton. The city is the headquarters of the Columbia River Bar Pilots, which helps vessels navigate the Columbia Bar at the mouth of the Columbia River. Astoria is at the western end of U.S. Route 30 and is served by U.S. Route 101, which travels across the Columbia River on the Astoria–Megler Bridge to neighboring Washington. == History == === Prehistoric settlements === The present area of Astoria was inhabited by a large, prehistoric Native American trade system of the Columbia Plateau.