Seaview, Washington
Encyclopedia
Seaview is an unincorporated area
in Pacific County, Washington. It is part of the Long Beach
, Washington urban cluster and had a population for its ZIP code
at the 2000 census
of 516 people.
at 46°20′04"N 124°03′17"W (46.334544, -124.05460).
, a narrow gauge railroad that ran up the Long Beach Peninsula
from 1889 to 1930. There was only a platform and shed at Seaview until 1905 when a regular depot was built. A photograph published by Feagans shows the depot on the east side of the tracks. There are three or four business just to the north of the depot. A wooden boardwalk between the business block and the depot began at the northernmost business, possibly a grocery (barrels and crates are visible), and extended south at least as far as the depot. The photos from the University of Washington's collection, linked below, are crisp and show about four businesses just to the south of the depot, and also show the boardwalk extending south along the tracks along all these businesses. No business names are visible, but there appears to be an ice cream shop, an oyster lunch establishment, and a market. The first photo shows the train coming in from the south. The second photo shows the train after it arrived. There are two children seen playing on the west side of the track in both photos, comparison of the photos these are the same children.
The Seaview depot building still exists, and is now a restaurant. The Hotel Shelburne, built in Seaview in 1896, still exists today as the Shelburne Country Inn. Other hotels in Seaview included the Hackney Cottage, Sunset Hotel, The Hotel Seaview and The Sou'Wester Inn.
Unincorporated area
In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not a part of any municipality.To "incorporate" in this context means to form a municipal corporation, a city, town, or village with its own government. An unincorporated community is usually not subject to or taxed by a municipal government...
in Pacific County, Washington. It is part of the Long Beach
Long Beach, Washington
Long Beach is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,283 at the 2000 census and grew to 1,392 at the 2010 census...
, Washington urban cluster and had a population for its ZIP code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
at the 2000 census
United States Census, 2000
The Twenty-second United States Census, known as Census 2000 and conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2% over the 248,709,873 persons enumerated during the 1990 Census...
of 516 people.
Geography
Seaview is located in extreme southwest Washington state on the Long Beach peninsulaLong Beach Peninsula
The Long Beach Peninsula is an arm of land in western Washington state. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the south by the Columbia River, and the east by Willapa Bay...
at 46°20′04"N 124°03′17"W (46.334544, -124.05460).
History
Seaview was once a depot on the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation CompanyIlwaco Railway and Navigation Company
The Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company operated a narrow gauge railroad ran for over forty years from the bar of the Columbia River up the Long Beach Peninsula to Nahcotta, Washington, on Willapa Bay. The line ran entirely in Pacific County, Washington, and had no connection to any outside rail...
, a narrow gauge railroad that ran up the Long Beach Peninsula
Long Beach Peninsula
The Long Beach Peninsula is an arm of land in western Washington state. It is bounded on the west by the Pacific Ocean, the south by the Columbia River, and the east by Willapa Bay...
from 1889 to 1930. There was only a platform and shed at Seaview until 1905 when a regular depot was built. A photograph published by Feagans shows the depot on the east side of the tracks. There are three or four business just to the north of the depot. A wooden boardwalk between the business block and the depot began at the northernmost business, possibly a grocery (barrels and crates are visible), and extended south at least as far as the depot. The photos from the University of Washington's collection, linked below, are crisp and show about four businesses just to the south of the depot, and also show the boardwalk extending south along the tracks along all these businesses. No business names are visible, but there appears to be an ice cream shop, an oyster lunch establishment, and a market. The first photo shows the train coming in from the south. The second photo shows the train after it arrived. There are two children seen playing on the west side of the track in both photos, comparison of the photos these are the same children.
The Seaview depot building still exists, and is now a restaurant. The Hotel Shelburne, built in Seaview in 1896, still exists today as the Shelburne Country Inn. Other hotels in Seaview included the Hackney Cottage, Sunset Hotel, The Hotel Seaview and The Sou'Wester Inn.