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Nahcotta is an unincorporated community in Pacific County, in the American state of Washington. It is located on Willapa Bay, on the eastern coast of the Long Beach Peninsula, within the Ocean Park CDP.

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Map of Nahcotta, Ocean Park, WA 98640, USA

History

Nahcotta was first settled in 1890 by J.A. Morehead and named for a local Indian chief. Nahcotta was once the northern terminal of the Ilwaco Railway and Navigation Company, a narrow gauge railroad which ran from Ilwaco, and later from Megler, in southwestern Pacific County, up the Long Beach Peninsula to Nahcotta and back, once a day. The railroad was in operation from 1889 to 1930.

Photographs

  • Passenger train departing from Nahcotta dock, 1910
  • Razor clam cannery, 1916
  • Oyster beds in Willapa Bay, circa 1900
  • Oystering in Willapa Bay circa 1940

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    Nahcotta, Washington Wikipedia
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