Frankport
Frankfort | |
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  Frankport  Frankport | |
| Coordinates: 42°35′34″N 124°24′04″W / 42.5928873°N 124.4012147°W [1] | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Curry |
| Founded | 1850s |
| Abandoned | 1905 |
| Named for | S.H. Frank Tannery |
| Elevation | 69 ft (21 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 ( PST) |
| • Summer ( DST) | UTC−07:00 ( PDT) |
| ZIP Code | 97465 |
| Area codes | 541 and 458 |
| License plate | Oregon |
Frankport, also called Frankfort, [2] is a ghost town in Curry County, Oregon. The town was centered on Frankport Beach, located in what is now Sisters Rocks State Park. [3] Also part of Frankport was an island off the coast that was home to a shipping dock. [2] The island, one of the three Sisters Rocks, [4] was connected to the mainland by a bridge with a wooden railway. [2]
Etymology
Frankport was named after the S.H. Frank Tannery in Redwood City, California, where it would ship Notholithocarpus densiflorus bark to. [5]
History
Frankport was founded in the 1850s by gold prospectors from California. [6] [7] The town's shipping dock closed in 1905. [5] All that remains of Frankport today is metal debris scattered throughout Frankport Beach. [3] [8]
See also
References
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Frankport". Geographic Names Information System. USGS. May 22, 1986. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Oregon Secretary of State: Port Orford to California Line". Oregon Secretary of State. Oregon. 1940. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ a b Sullivan, William (June 30, 2009). "Secret sea cave". The Register-Guard. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ "Sisters Rocks State Park, Oregon". The American Southwest. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ a b Sparks, John (July 13, 2018). "Sisters Rocks Hike - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington". Oregon Hikers. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ MJ, Gilles (July 15, 2013). "A Day Trip To Sisters Rocks/Frankport Harbor". And Drink Plenty of It. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ LeBlanc, Denis. "Sisters Rock State Park". Outdoor Project. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
- ^ Prapoch, Keng (May 5, 2017). "Never heard of Sisters Rock State Park in Oregon? Neither did we". David and Keng on the Road. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
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| Footnotes | ‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties | |