Editing Warrenton, Oregon

{{Short description|City in Oregon, United States}}
{{For|a similarly named city up the Columbia River|Warren, Oregon}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2023}}
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| official_name            = Warrenton, Oregon
| settlement_type          = [[City]]
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| motto                    = "Making a Difference through excellence of service"
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| subdivision_name1        = [[Oregon]]
| subdivision_type2        = [[List of counties in Oregon|County]]
| subdivision_name2        = [[Clatsop County, Oregon|Clatsop]]
| government_type          = 
| leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
| leader_name              = Henry Balensifer{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
| established_title        = [[Municipal corporation|Incorporated]]
| established_date         = 1899
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| area_total_sq_mi         = 17.03
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| area_water_km2           = 11.33
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| population_total         = 6277
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| population_density_km2   = 191.49
| population_density_sq_mi = 495.93
| timezone                 = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone|Pacific]]
| utc_offset               = −08:00
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| website                  = [http://www.ci.warrenton.or.us/ www.ci.warrenton.or.us]
| postal_code_type         = [[ZIP code]]
| postal_code              = 97146
| area_code                = [[Area codes 503 and 971|503 and 971]]
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'''Warrenton''' is a small, coastal city in [[Clatsop County, Oregon|Clatsop County]], [[Oregon]], United States. Named for D.K. (Daniel Knight) Warren, an early settler, the town is primarily a fishing and logging community. The population was 6,277 according to the [[2020 US Census]]. Warrenton is a less urbanized area close to the Clatsop County seat, [[Astoria, Oregon|Astoria]].

== History ==
[[File:Warren_House_-_Warrenton_Oregon.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Daniel Knight Warren House|D.K. Warren House]], built 1885]]

Prior to the arrival of the first settlers, this land was inhabited by the [[Clatsop]] tribe of [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]], whose tribe spanned from the south shore of the [[Columbia River]] to [[Tillamook Head]]. The county in which Warrenton is located was named after these people, as well as the last encampment that the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]] established. Today, a replica of [[Fort Clatsop]] still stands just outside of Warrenton city limits.

The first pioneers who settled on the land that would become Warrenton (between 1845 and the early 1850s) were Jeremiah Gerome Tuller, J. W. Wallace, D. E. Pease, Ninian A. Eberman and George Washington Coffenbury. Coffenbury remains a household name in the town, as a local lake in [[Fort Stevens (Oregon)|Fort Stevens]] was named after him.

The first settlement within Warrenton city limits was Lexington, which was laid out in 1848, and served as the first [[county seat]] for Clatsop County. The name fell out of use for a time, and the area became known as Skipanon – a name that is now preserved by the [[Skipanon River]], which flows through the town. A Lexington post office operated intermittently between 1850 and 1857; a Skipanon post office operated continuously from 1871 to 1903.

In 1863, the military battery, [[Fort Stevens (Oregon)|Fort Stevens]], was built in the Warrenton area near the mouth of the [[Columbia River]]. Though military activity ceased in 1947, the remains of the fort are preserved as part of [[Fort Stevens (Oregon)|Fort Stevens]].

Very few improvements were made to the land until the early 1870s, when D. K. Warren bought out some of the first settlers. With the help of Chinese labor, Warren reclaimed a large tract of the land by constructing a dike about {{convert|2.5|mi}} in length, which was completed in 1878. Warren laid out the town in about 1891, and in the following year built the first schoolhouse, at a cost of $1,100, and gave it to the school district.<ref>{{cite book|url=http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/clatsop/bios/warren1529gbs.txt|title=History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III|date=1928|publisher=The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company|pages=526–532}}</ref>

Warrenton was [[platted]] in 1889 and incorporated as a city in 1899. Built on [[tidal flats]], it relied on a system of dikes built by [[History of Chinese Americans|Chinese laborers]] to keep the [[Columbia River]] from flooding the town.

==Geography==
Standing at the northwestern extreme of Oregon, Warrenton is about {{convert|5|mi|km}} west of [[Astoria, Oregon|Astoria]], across the [[Youngs Bay]] bridge, which spans over {{convert|4200|ft|m}} of the Youngs Bay estuary at the mouth of the [[Columbia River]].

According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|17.66|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, {{convert|12.77|sqmi|sqkm|2}} of which is land and {{convert|4.89|sqmi|sqkm|2}} is water.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref>

Warrenton has one charter fishing port in Hammond and a major commercial fishing port in downtown Warrenton.

===Community===
Warrenton is made up of the previously individual communities of '''Flavel''', '''Fort Stevens''', '''Hammond''', '''Lexington''', and '''Skipanon'''.<ref name=OGN>{{cite OGN|7th|pages=373, 440}}</ref> The Fort Stevens post office operated at the Fort Stevens military post from 1899 to 1949.<ref name=OGN/> Hammond voted to [[municipal corporation|disincorporate]] in November 1991 and merged with Warrenton on December 5.<ref name=OGN/> Hammond was named for lumberman [[Andrew B. Hammond]], who completed the Astoria and Columbia River Railroad.<ref name=":0" /> Hammond, originally the site of a Clatsop village called Ne-ahk-stow,<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/hammond/|title=Hammond|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref> has its own ZIP Code of 97121, but is now technically part of Warrenton.

===Climate===
This region experiences mildly warm and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert|71.6|F|C}}. It is typically overcast or rainy due to its proximity to the ocean, but it does have some sunshine. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Warrenton has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated ''Csb'' on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=823053&cityname=Warrenton,%20Oregon,%20United%20States%20of%20America&units=|title=Warrenton, Oregon Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|access-date=1 June 2016}}</ref>

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1900= 332
|1910= 339
|1920= 730
|1930= 683
|1940= 1365
|1950= 1896
|1960= 1717
|1970= 1825
|1980= 2493
|1990= 2681
|2000= 4096
|2010= 4989
|2020= 6277
|footnote=source:<ref name="wwwcensusgov2">{{cite web|title=Warrenton, Oregon|work=[[United States Census Bureau]]|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|url=https://www.census.gov|access-date=2013-06-14}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Moffatt|first=Riley Moore|title=Population History of Western U.S. Cities and Towns, 1850–1990|location=Lanham, Maryland|publisher=Scarecrow Press|year=1996|page=217|isbn=978-0-8108-3033-2}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

=== 2020 census ===
As of the 2020 [[census]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Warrenton city, Oregon Census Results|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=Warrenton%20city,%20Oregon&y=2020|access-date=2022-02-17|website=data.census.gov}}</ref> the population was 6,277. There were 2,715 housing units, of which 2,497 were occupied and 218 were vacant. The racial makeup of the city was 82.1% [[White (US Census)|White]], 0.6% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 1.2% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 1.6% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 0.4% [[Race (U.S. Census)|Pacific Islander]], 4.1% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 10% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 9.1% of the population. 22.9% of residents were under the age of 18.

===2010 census===
As of the census<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref> of 2010, there were 4,989 people, 1,948 households, and 1,287 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|390.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 2,196 housing units at an average density of {{convert|172.0|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.5% White, 0.6% African American, 1.3% Native American, 1.1% Asian, 0.7% Pacific Islander, 1.8% from other races, and 3.0% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.7% of the population.

There were 1,948 households, of which 31.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.5% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 11.7% had a female householder with no husband present, 5.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 33.9% were non-families. 26.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 2.95.

The median age in the city was 37.6 years. 23.8% of residents were under the age of 18; 9.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 25.2% were from 25 to 44; 27.4% were from 45 to 64; and 14% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 51.0% male and 49.0% female.

===2000 census===
At the 2000 census,<ref name="GR2" /> there were 4,096 people, 1,621 households and 1,087 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|332.2|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 1,799 housing units at an average density of {{convert|145.9|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 92.53% White, 0.22% African American, 1.32% Native American, 1.76% Asian, 0.07% Pacific Islander, 1.27% from other races, and 2.83% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.91% of the population. 15.4% were of [[United States|American]], 12.1% [[Germans|German]], 9.2% [[English people|English]], 8.9% [[Irish people|Irish]] and 8.1% [[Norwegians|Norwegian]] ancestry according to [[Census 2000]].

There were 1,621 households, of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 52.1% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.9% were non-families. 26.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 3.00.

Age distribution was 26.6% under the age of 18, 8.2% from 18 to 24, 29.8% from 25 to 44, 22.4% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 103.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.3 males.

The median household income was $33,472, and the median family income was $42,946. Males had a median income of $31,654 versus $21,133 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $16,874. About 11.9% of families and 14.2% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 19.4% of those under age 18 and 11.7% of those age 65 or over.

== Education ==
[[Warrenton High School (Oregon)|Warrenton High School]] is a small school with a total enrollment of between 300 and 400. Warrenton Grade School is a [[K-8 school]]  with a total enrollment of about 700 students.  In 2021, Warrenton Middle School opened to the east of Highway 101.  Warrenton Grade School now serves about 480 students while the new middle school serves about 250 students.  All three schools claim the name “Warrior” as their mascot.

==Notable people==
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*[[Brian Bruney]], Major League Baseball pitcher
*[[Clara C. Munson]], first woman elected mayor in Oregon during the 20th century
*[[Janet Stevenson]], writer

== See also ==
*[[Daniel Knight Warren House]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Warrenton, Oregon}}
* [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/s-y/warrenton.aspx Entry for Warrenton] in the ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]'' 
* [http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Warrenton,%20Oregon&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic photos of Warrenton from Salem Public Library]
* [http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Hammond,%20Oregon&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic photos of Hammond, Oregon from Salem Public Library]

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