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History · Jeffers Gardens

28% of Jeffers Gardens’ homes were built before 1940

Below: maps from 1927 on.

0on the National Register
28%homes built before 1940
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What stands out about Jeffers Gardens’ past

Read from the archive, the National Register and the record. The page puts what stands out first.

A history waiting to be writtenNo old photos of Jeffers Gardens are in the public archives yet. The rest are in attics and albums.Old housesHalf of Jeffers Gardens’ homes were built before 1945.
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The story so far

Jeffers Gardens, in brief

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Jeffers Gardens yet. The photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Jeffers Garden is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Its population was 368 as of the 2010 census. Astoria Marine Construction Company a site on the National Register of Historic Places in Clatsop County, Oregon is in Jeffers Garden on the Lewis and Clark River and the Jeffers Slough. Due to its historical importance the site is on the National Register of Historic Places in Clatsop County, Oregon.

Intro from Wikipedia. Population: U.S. Census Bureau.

Timeline

Jeffers Gardens, 1857 to 1927

Woven from the archive, old maps, post office records, the National Register and the people born here.

  1. 19th century
  2. 1857Post officeThe Lower Astoria post office opens
  3. 1858Post officeThe Lower Astoria post office closes
  4. 20th century
  5. 1927On the mapFirst mapped by the U.S. Geological Survey
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Weddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.

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On the map

Jeffers Gardens on the map, 1927 to 1984

Every edition of the U.S. Geological Survey’s map of Jeffers Gardens. Tap a year, or press play to watch the town change.

Jeffers Gardens on the 1927 USGS mapJeffers Gardens on the 1939 USGS mapJeffers Gardens on the 1949 USGS mapJeffers Gardens on the 1973 USGS mapJeffers Gardens on the 1984 USGS map1927Astoria sheet · 1:62,500

U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (public domain), via Esri’s collection of the scans. The red ring marks the center of Jeffers Gardens.

Famous people

Famous people close to Jeffers Gardens

Nobody well known was born in Jeffers Gardens itself, so here are the best known from just nearby.

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Raymond CarverPenman, poet, screenwriter, novelist, prose wri… · b. 1938
Holly MadisonAmerican television personality · b. 1979
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Karl MarlantesAmerican businessman and novelist · b. 1944
Cole EscolaAmerican comedian, actor, and playwright · b. 1986
Donald MalarkeyAmerican army noncommissioned officer · b. 1921
Brian BruneyAmerican baseball player · b. 1982
Places that used to be

Lost post offices, old corners and places now gone

Another post office, Lower Astoria, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Hamlets and corners on the map
Jeffers Garden
Gone or out of use
Lower Astoria Post Officepost office

US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock, CC0). Places and cemeteries from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021).

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Where this page comes from

Founding dates: Wikidata, Wikipedia, the U.S. post office records of Blevins & Helbock (CC0) and the Census. Homes by year built: Census ACS 2020–24. National Register of Historic Places: National Park Service (list of May 22, 2026). Old photos, postcards and papers: Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress and other public archives, credited on each item’s page. Maps: U.S. Geological Survey historical topographic maps (via Esri) and Sanborn fire-insurance maps (Library of Congress). History text and census tables: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Places that used to be: USGS Geographic Names Information System (2021). How TownRatings grades history →

From U.S. Geological Survey historical maps, the US Post Offices dataset (Blevins & Helbock) and the USGS Geographic Names Information System. Archive images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.