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Welcome to Denver ...

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

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

Denver would have been located within present day Clatsop County<2>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Denver, you might consider that their post office opened  in 1884.

When the people of Denver referred to themselves (known as a demonym), they are believed to have used Denverite<3>

While the community is gone, the present day location for Denver is 650 feet [198 m] above sea level.<4>.

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

The Area Codes where Denver was located: 503 & 971<5>

Communities Also Named Denver ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 26 communities that are also named Denver - they are located in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan (2), Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, Ohio (2), Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee (2), Texas and West Virginia (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Denver.

Communities near Denver ...

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

  • Seaside
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
  • Vernonia
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
  • Cannon Beach
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
  • Gearhart
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for Gearhart have been provided by the GNIS.<7> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Gearhart
    • Gearhart is located in Clatsop County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 1,644 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Gearhart <6>
  • Cathlamet
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
  • Vinemaple
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the south)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Vinemaple. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Vinemaple
    • Vinemaple is located in Clatsop County
  • Fishhawk ‑ Historic
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the east)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Fishhawk. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fishhawk
    • Fishhawk is located in Columbia County
  • Keasey
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Note: We haven't been able to verify our GPS coordinates for Keasey. Although the coordinates have been estimated, they should be in the vicinity.<8>
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Keasey
    • Keasey is located in Columbia County
  • Svensen Junction
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Svensen Junction
    • Svensen Junction is located in Clatsop County
  • Westport
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the northeast)

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 Denver. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Denver.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Denver. 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 Denver.

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

Adding Denver to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Denver in the GNIS. For more information, see the Referenced GNIS Codes section on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found for Denver was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<9>

X2X - From that list, the Denver post office opened in 1884.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Denver.

The official website for Clatsop County: www.co.clatsop.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 Denver, 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 Clatsop, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<3>A demonym is the name for a resident of a community which is usually derived from (or is related to) the name of that community. In other words, it's how the residents of Denver refer to themselves. It's important to note that there aren't any rules for taking a community's name and turning it into a demonym. A demonym is informal and while the majority of Denver may use one name, keep in mind that others may use something different.
<4>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Denver - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<5>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 Denver area will be assigned with one of these codes: 503 or 971. As a result, placing a call in the Denver area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<6>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<7>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.
<8>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<9>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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