Neskowin is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either have ...

Tillamook County Tillamook County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 27,390. The county seat is Tillamook. The county is named for the Tillamook or Killamook people, a Native American tribe who we ...

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, United States, along the

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between

Cascade Head Cascade Head is a headland and UNESCO biosphere reserve and United States Forest Service Experimental Forest. It is situated southwest of Portland, Oregon on the Oregon Coast between Lincoln City and Neskowin. Cascade Head Preserve is a Natur ...

and

Nestucca Bay Nestucca Bay is a bay formed by the confluence of the Nestucca River and the Pacific Ocean in northwest Oregon in the United States. It is near the town of Pacific City, which is in southwestern Tillamook County, about south of Cape Lookout. ...

. For statistical purposes, the

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has defined Neskowin as a

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(CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The population of the CDP was 134 at the 2010 census, a decrease from 169 at the 2000 census.

Geography

Neskowin is located at (45.106502, -123.979306). According to the

, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 169 people, 94 households, and 47 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 117.3 people per square mile (45.3/km²). There were 408 housing units at an average density of 283.1 per square mile (109.4/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 94.08%

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, 3.55% Native American, 0.59%

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, 0.59% from other races, and 1.18% from two or more races.

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of any race were 2.37% of the population. There were 94 households, out of which 11.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were

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living together, 4.3% had a female householder with no husband present, and 50.0% were non-families. 40.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 1.80 and the average family size was 2.32. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 8.9% under the age of 18, 2.4% from 18 to 24, 17.8% from 25 to 44, 44.4% from 45 to 64, and 26.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 54 years. For every 100 females, there were 85.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 83.3 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $42,000, and the median income for a family was $61,094. Males had a median income of $27,500 versus $61,250 for females. The

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for the CDP was $26,576. None of the families and 8.1% of the population were living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 15.8% of those over 64.

Natural features

Periodically, remains of an ancient forest, the

Neskowin Ghost Forest The Neskowin Ghost Forest is the remnants of a Sitka spruce forest on the Oregon Coast of the United States. The stumps were likely created when an earthquake of the Cascadia subduction zone abruptly lowered the trees, that were then covered by mu ...

, are exposed on the beach near Neskowin.

References

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Geography

Demographics

Natural features

See also

References