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Mist, Oregon

Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States

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name	Mist, Oregon
settlement_type	Unincorporated community
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pushpin_label	Mist
pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location within the state of Oregon
map_caption	Location within Columbia county
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	United States
subdivision_type1	State
subdivision_name1	Oregon
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	Columbia
leader_title
unit_pref	Imperial
population_as_of	2000
population_density_km2	auto
timezone	Pacific (PST)
utc_offset	-8
timezone_DST	PDT
utc_offset_DST	-7
coordinates
postal_code_type	ZIP code
postal_code	97016
area_codes	503 and 971
blank_name	FIPS code
blank1_name	GNIS feature ID

Mist is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, Oregon, United States. Formerly called Riverside, the place was renamed in 1888 for the atmospheric conditions of the Nehalem Valley. The first land claims in the area had been made circa 1870. The original Riverside post office was closed in 1975.

Background

On July 6, 2001, the Mist store, which was built in 1874, caught fire and was destroyed. Until then, it was the oldest continuously operating business in Oregon, offering food and hardware and displaying historic newspaper clippings and antique logging equipment on the walls.

Mist is a crossroads community where Oregon Route 47 turns north to Clatskanie, and a pioneer trail (Burn Road) crossed the Nehalem River and went south to Vernonia. It is the eastern terminus of Oregon Route 202. The Nehalem River valley widens between Mist and Jewell and was favored by the Native American tribes of the area for hunting; it was later favored by early European American settlers for agriculture. Although the area is now sparsely settled, it is notable for having the largest operating sawmill in Columbia County and also geological conditions lending themselves to natural gas storage. Mist contains one of the very few, and therefore very valuable, natural gas storage areas in the Pacific Northwest. It operates unobtrusively on a hill near Mist. It is controlled by NW Natural (formerly Northwest Natural Gas) and is connected by several pipelines, including a 16 in and a 24 in pipeline along the Nehalem Highway.

Earlier in the 20th century, Mist had a logging camp next to a railroad used by the Kerry Timber and Logging Company. The remains of the camp were discovered in 2008 and 2009. Though still important in terms of logging, the population today is sparse, and there is no longer a railroad.

Gallery

SnowyNightInMist.jpg|Panorama of a snowy night in Mist, taken early 2006.

References

{{cite OGN. 7th
(Fall 2011). "Tracking the Kerry Line: Evidence From a Logging Railroad Camp in the Nehalem Valley, Oregon". Northwest Anthropology.
[http://home.comcast.net/~jbutts14/mist.html The Nehalem River Highway], Jeffrey Butts
[http://www.snl.com/Cache/3683199.PDF?FID=3683199&O=PDF&T=&D=&IID=4057132&Y= Northwest Natural 2006 Annual report]

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