Frankport, Oregon

Frankport
Frankfort
Ghost town
Frankport is located in Oregon
Frankport
Frankport
Frankport is located in the United States
Frankport
Frankport
Coordinates: 42°35′34″N 124°24′04″W / 42.5928873°N 124.4012147°W / 42.5928873; -124.4012147[1]
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyCurry
Founded1850s
Abandoned1905
Named forS.H. Frank Tannery
Elevation
[1]
69 ft (21 m)
Lowest elevation
(Pacific Ocean)
0 ft (0 m)
Time zoneUTC−08:00 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Code
97465
Area codes541 and 458
License plateOregon

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

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Frankport". Geographic Names Information System. USGS. May 22, 1986. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Oregon Secretary of State: Port Orford to California Line". Oregon Secretary of State. Oregon. 1940. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  3. ^ a b Sullivan, William (June 30, 2009). "Secret sea cave". The Register-Guard. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  4. ^ "Sisters Rocks State Park, Oregon". The American Southwest. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Sparks, John (July 13, 2018). "Sisters Rocks Hike - Hiking in Portland, Oregon and Washington". Oregon Hikers. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  6. ^ MJ, Gilles (July 15, 2013). "A Day Trip To Sisters Rocks/Frankport Harbor". And Drink Plenty of It. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  7. ^ LeBlanc, Denis. "Sisters Rock State Park". Outdoor Project. Retrieved October 28, 2018.
  8. ^ 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.