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History · Oceanside

Oceanside’s post office opened in 1924

Most of Oceanside was built recently: 0.0% of its homes predate 1940 and the median home dates from 1994. Below: 1 old photo or paper from 1930 on.

1924first post office
0on the National Register
0.0%homes built before 1940
1old photo or paper
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From Oceanside’s archive · credits on each photo
Quick answers

How Oceanside began

When was Oceanside founded?

1924

The Oceanside post office opened in 1924, the earliest record of the town by name.

2020 census: 366102 years
Founding year: the first Oceanside post office (Blevins & Helbock, CC0).

What stands out about Oceanside’s past

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

A history waiting to be writtenOnly 1 old photo is in the public archives. The rest are in attics and albums.
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Start Oceanside’s collection

The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Oceanside’s history is told.

Decades since 1900 with photos
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1 of 10 decades. The empty ones are waiting for someone’s album.
Retake an old viewPioneers of Oceanside, Ore: stand where they stood+15Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
The story so far

Oceanside, in brief

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

Oceanside is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Oceanside had a population of 366. Oregon Route 131's northern terminus is in the community, which is just north of Netarts. Symons State Park is in Oceanside, while Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge lies just offshore.

Its first post office opened in 1924. Its population held steady between the last two censuses: 361 in 2010, 366 in 2020.

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

By decade

Oceanside, decade by decade

One decade in the archive so far: the 1930s. Scroll each row; tap a photo for its story.

1930s1 item
Pioneers of Oceanside, Ore1930Pioneers of Oceanside, Ore
1940s–1990snothing yet
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Today5 recent
Sunset at2010Sunset atOregon - Pacific coast at sunset2010Oregon - Pacific coast at sunsetCity of2008City ofORMap-doton-Oceanside2004ORMap-doton-OceansideCapelookout-fromoceanside-small2004Capelookout-fromoceanside-small
Then & now

Stand where they stood

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as an old one and they appear here side by side.

Pioneers of Oceanside, Ore
Retake this viewPioneers of Oceanside, Ore, 1930

Find the spot, match the angle, and add your photo. It becomes the first then-and-now pair on Oceanside’s page.

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Famous people

Famous people close to Oceanside

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

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Bridget MarquardtAmerican TV personality · b. 1973
Maurine NeubergerUS Senator from Oregon · b. 1907
Brian BoquistRepublican politician from Oregon · b. 1958
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Archie Aldis EmmersonAmerican businessman · b. 1929
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Clayton KleinAmerican politician · b. 1949
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Kenneth L. ReusserNavy Cross recipient · b. 1920
Stories next door

History across the town line

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

NetartsIts storyC

Questions about Oceanside’s history

What year was Oceanside founded?

The Oceanside post office opened in 1924, the earliest record of the town by name (U.S. post office records).

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Sources

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 (5), the Library of Congress (1), 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.