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Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States For the song of the same name by Shawn Mullins, see Soul's Core. Unincorporated community in Oregon, United States
Twin Rocks
Unincorporated community
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Coordinates: 45°35′52″N 123°56′41″W / 45.59778°N 123.94472°W / 45.59778; -123.94472
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyTillamook
Elevation16 ft (5 m)
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code97136
Area code(s)503 and 971
GNIS feature ID1136853
Coordinates and elevation from Geographic Names Information System

Twin Rocks is an unincorporated community in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States, on the Oregon Coast. Twin Rocks, founded as a summer resort community, was named for two offshore rocks, 100 feet (30 m) high, in the Pacific Ocean. Twin Rocks post office was established in 1914, with William E. Dunsmoor as the first postmaster. The post office closed in 1954.

Twin Rocks is near two other unincorporated communities in Tillamook County, Barview and Watseco. The three communities are all along a 3-mile (5 km) stretch of U.S. Route 101 between the cities of Rockaway Beach and Garibaldi.

Twin Rocks Friends Camp in the community was founded in 1918.

In culture

Twin Rocks gave its name to folk singer Shawn Mullins' song Twin Rocks, Oregon, which appears on his 1998 album Soul's Core.

References

  1. ^ "Twin Rocks". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
  2. ^ McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) . Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 977. ISBN 978-0875952772.
  3. Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 20. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
  4. "History". Twin Rocks Friends Camp. Retrieved February 14, 2014.

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