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History · Neotsu

Neotsu’s post office opened in 1928

Most of Neotsu was built recently: 2% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1981.

1928first post office
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2%homes built before 1940
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How Neotsu began

When was Neotsu founded?

1928

The Neotsu post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name. Another post office, Devils Lake (1913), opened inside today’s town and later closed.

2020 census: 60898 years
Founding year: the first Neotsu post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Neotsu’s past

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

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The story so far

Neotsu, in brief

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

Neotsu is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Oregon, United States, on the northern shore of Devils Lake across from Lincoln City. Neotsu has a post office with ZIP code 97364. The community is on the 45th parallel north. State representative David Gomberg is from Neotsu.

Its first post office opened in 1928.

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

Timeline

Neotsu, 1913 to 1928

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

  1. 20th century
  2. 1913Post officeThe Devils Lake post office opens
  3. 1918Post officeThe Devils Lake post office closes
  4. 1928Post officeThe Neotsu post office opens
By decade

Neotsu, decade by decade

Today2 recent
Neotsu Oregon Post Office2011Neotsu Oregon Post OfficeNeotsu2005Neotsu
Famous people

Famous people close to Neotsu

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

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Johnnie RayAmerican singer and pianist · b. 1927
Bridget MarquardtAmerican TV personality · b. 1973
Mark HatfieldAmerican politician, governor of Oregon and U. … · b. 1922
Maurine NeubergerUS Senator from Oregon · b. 1907
Jordan PoyerAmerican football player · b. 1991
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Phil RogersWelsh potter · b. 1951
Places that used to be

Lost post offices and places now gone

Neotsu’s post office has been open since 1928. Another post office, Devils Lake, opened and closed inside today’s town.

Devils Lake
1913–1918
Neotsu
1928–today
19101970today
Gone or out of use
Devils Lake Post Officepost office

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

Stories next door

History across the town line

Each neighbor’s History grade, on the same three inputs.

Lincoln City1 historic placeB

Questions about Neotsu’s history

What year was Neotsu founded?

The Neotsu post office opened in 1928, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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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 Wikimedia Commons (2), 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.