Astoria, Oregon (usa)

Astoria, Oregon

Astoria, Oregon ranks 8,197th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Delaware, Ohio, Westlake, Ohio, and Tacuarembó. Memorable people born in Astoria, Oregon include Holly Madison, and Gene Nelson. Memorable people who died in Astoria, Oregon include Kaarlo Koskelo. Astoria, Oregon has been the birth place of many actors and the death place of many wrestlers. Astoria, Oregon is located in United States.

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. Read more on Wikipedia