Bacona is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a parcel of land that is not governed by a local general-purpose municipal corporation. (At p. 178.) They may be governed or serviced by an encompassing unit (such as a county) or another branch of the state (such as th ...

in northern

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, United States.

History

The Bacona post office operated from May 24, 1897, until January 31, 1934. Bacona was named for the first postmaster, Cyrus Bacon. In part due to the

Tillamook Burn The Tillamook Burn was a series of forest fires in the Northern Oregon Coast Range of Oregon in the United States that destroyed a total area of of old growth timber in what is now known as the Tillamook State Forest. There were four wildfir ...

of 1933, the community went into a decline and now has very few inhabitants, down from a peak of 70 in 1915. A

sawmill A sawmill (saw mill, saw-mill) or lumber mill is a facility where logging, logs are cut into lumber. Modern sawmills use a motorized saw to cut logs lengthwise to make long pieces, and crosswise to length depending on standard or custom sizes ...

, owned by Peter Hoffman, operated in the area and employed eight men.

References

Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon 1897 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1897 1934 disestablishments in Oregon {{WashingtonCountyOR-geo-stub