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Welcome to Apiary ...

So far, we found very little information about Apiary. The little that we've found leads us believe that the community is historic.<1>

We've added Apiary to our Gazetteer with the hope that we can develop more information. If you can help us with Apiary, please Contact Us.

Apiary would have been located within present day Columbia County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Apiary, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1889.

While the community is gone, the present day location for Apiary is 940 feet [287 m] above sea level.<3>.

Time Zone: The area where Apiary was located is in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

The Area Codes where Apiary was located: 503 & 971<4>

Communities near Apiary ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Apiary.

  • Longview
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Longview
    • Longview is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 38,515 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Longview <5>
  • Saint Helens
    (14 miles [22.5 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Saint Helens have been provided by the GNIS.<6> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Saint Helens
    • Saint Helens is located in Columbia County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 14,071 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Saint Helens <5>
  • Kelso
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kelso
    • Kelso is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 12,438 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kelso <5>
  • Ridgefield
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Scappoose
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
  • Woodland
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kalama
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kalama
    • Kalama is located in Cowlitz County (WA)
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 2,844 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kalama <5>
  • Castle Rock
    (18 miles [29 km] to the north)
  • Vernonia
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southwest)
  • Columbia City
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Apiary. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Apiary.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Apiary. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Apiary.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Apiary. See our Newspapers Page for Apiary.

Adding Apiary to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Apiary in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Apiary was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<7>

X2X - From that list, the Apiary post office opened in 1889.

We also found Apiary in the book titled Business Atlas and Shippers' Guide (1895).

For more details, see References and Mentions for Apiary.

The official website for Columbia County: www.co.columbia.or.us/

The official website for State of Oregon: https://www.oregon.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Apiary, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<2>If you're interested in how the shape of Oregon's counties, including Columbia, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Apiary - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<4>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 503 code has been Overlayed with the 971 area code. New phone numbers in the Apiary area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Apiary area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<5>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<6>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<7>A copy of their list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/




 

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