Astoria, Oregon

The present area of Astoria was inhabited by a large, prehistoric Native American trade system of the Columbia Plateau.Rebecca Sedlak (August 2, 2012). [https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/first-archaeological-dig-scratches-the-surface-of-fort-astoria-146-s-history/article_e79c22b1-9633-52f8-a46a-a1a2db62ed37.html "First archaeological dig 'scratches the surface' of Fort Astoria’s history"]. The Daily Astorian. Retrieved April 29, 2021.Galm, Jerry R., (1989), Prehistoric Trade and Exchange in the Columbia Plateau, Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Northwest Anthropological Conference, Spokane, Washington. Retrieved April 29, 2021.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition spent the winter of 1805–1806 at Fort Clatsop, a small log structure southwest of modern-day Astoria. The expedition had hoped a ship would come by that could take them back east, but instead, they endured a torturous winter of rain and cold. They later returned overland and by internal rivers, the way they had traveled west.{{cite book|author1=William Clark|author2-link=Meriwether Lewis |author2=Meriwether Lewis |title= The Journals of Lewis and Clark, 1804–1806 |edition= Library of Alexandria |year= 2015 |publisher=Library of Alexandria |isbn= 978-1-613-10310-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NrOUUf7288C&pg=PP1|author1-link=William Clark }} During archeological excavations in Astoria and Fort Clatsop in 2012, trading items from American settlers with Native Americans were found, including Austrian glass beads and falconry bells. Today, the fort has been recreated and is part of Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.{{cite web |title=History & Culture: Places: Fort Clatsop – "The National Park Service maintains a replica fort within the Lewis and Clark National Historical Park that is believed to sit on or near the site of the original fort." |publisher= National Park Service / U.S. Department of the Interior|access-date=May 12, 2016|url=https://www.nps.gov/lewi/learn/historyculture/histcult-places-focl.htm}}

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In 1811, British explorer David Thompson, the first person known to have navigated the entire length of the Columbia River, reached the partially constructed Fort Astoria near the mouth of the river. He arrived two months after the Pacific Fur Company's ship, the Tonquin.{{Sfn|Meinig|1995|pages=37–38, 50}} The fort constructed by the Tonquin party established Astoria as a U.S., rather than a British, settlement{{Sfn|Meinig|1995|pages=37–38, 50}} and became a vital post for American exploration of the continent. It was later used as an American claim in the Oregon boundary dispute with European nations.

The Pacific Fur Company, a subsidiary of John Jacob Astor's American Fur Company, was created to begin fur trading in the Oregon Country.{{cite book |last= Ronda | first= James |title=Astoria & Empire |url= https://archive.org/details/astoriaempire0000rond |url-access= registration |year= 1995 |publisher= University of Nebraska Press |location=Lincoln, Nebraska |isbn= 0-8032-3896-7}} During the War of 1812, in 1813, the company's officers sold its assets to their Canadian rivals, the North West Company, which renamed the site Fort George. The fur trade remained under British control until U.S. pioneers following the Oregon Trail began filtering into the town in the mid-1840s. The Treaty of 1818 established joint U.S. – British occupancy of the Oregon Country.{{cite book

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File:(1882) ASTORIA, OREGON, ENTRANCE TO COLUMBIA RIVER.jpg

Washington Irving, a prominent American writer with a European reputation, was approached by John Jacob Astor to mythologize the three-year reign of his Pacific Fur Company. Astoria (1835), written while Irving was Astor's guest, promoted the importance of the region in the American psyche.In his introduction to the rambling work, Irving reports that Astor explicitly "expressed a regret that the true nature and extent of his enterprizeand its national character and importance had never been understood." In Irving's words, the fur traders were "Sinbads of the wilderness", and their venture was a staging point for the spread of American economic power into both the continental interior and outward in Pacific trade.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RdRKAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA105|title=Collections of the Kansas State Historical Society, Volume 9|date=1906|publisher=Kansas State Historical Society|page=105}}

In 1846, the Oregon Treaty divided the mainland at the 49th parallel north, making Astoria officially part of the United States.{{cite web|year=2000 |url=http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ca_us/en/cus.1818.15.en.html |title=Convention of Commerce between His Majesty and the United States of America.—Signed at London, 20th October 1818 |work=Canado-American Treaties |publisher=Université de Montréal |access-date=March 27, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411212640/http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/ca_us/en/cus.1818.15.en.html |archive-date=April 11, 2009}}

As the Oregon Territory grew and became increasingly more colonized by Americans, Astoria likewise grew as a port city near the mouth of the great river that provided the easiest access to the interior. The first U.S. post office west of the Rocky Mountains was established in Astoria in 1847{{cite web |url=http://www.pacificnorthwestpostalhistorysociety.org/Downloads/OregonTerritorialExhibit/Oregon%20Sesquitennial%20exhibit%20online%20version.pdf |title=Oregon Territorials – Oregon Sesquicentennial exhibit online version.pdf |year=2009 |publisher=Pacific Northwest Postal History Society |access-date=November 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220055006/http://pacificnorthwestpostalhistorysociety.org/Downloads/OregonTerritorialExhibit/Oregon%20Sesquitennial%20exhibit%20online%20version.pdf |archive-date=February 20, 2015 |url-status=dead }} and official state incorporation in 1876.

File:Salmon cannery at Astoria, Oregon (retouched).jpg

Astoria attracted a host of immigrants beginning in the late 19th century: Nordic settlers, primarily Swedes, Swedish-speaking Finns, and Chinese soon became larger parts of the population. The Nordic settlers mostly lived in Uniontown, near the present-day end of the Astoria–Megler Bridge, and took fishing jobs; the Chinese tended to do cannery work, and usually lived either downtown or in bunkhouses near the canneries. By the late 1800s, 22% of Astoria's population was Chinese.{{Cite web|url=http://www.loffe.net/emigration-mainmenu-59/1474-the-swedes-of-oregon|title=The Swedes of Oregon}}{{cite news|url=http://www.opb.org/news/article/astoria_embraces_chinese_legacy/|title=Astoria Embraces Chinese Legacy|author=Chelsea Gorrow|newspaper= The Daily Astorian | date=April 16, 2012}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TNwizCeblKgC&pg=PA38|title = American Swedish Historical Museum: Yearbook 1946| publisher=American Swedish Hist Museum |isbn = 9781437950021}} Astoria also had a significant population of Indians, especially Sikhs from Punjab; the Ghadar Party, a political movement among Indians on the West Coast of the U.S. and Canada to overthrow British rule in India, was officially founded on July 15, 1913, in Astoria.{{Cite journal |last=Ogden |first=Johanna |date=Summer 2012 |title=Ghadar, Historical Silences, and Notions of Belonging: Early 1900s Punjabis of the Columbia River |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5403/oregonhistq.113.2.0164 |journal=Oregon Historical Quarterly |volume=113 |issue= 2 |pages=164–197 (34 pages)|doi=10.5403/oregonhistq.113.2.0164 |jstor=10.5403/oregonhistq.113.2.0164 |s2cid=164468099 }}

In 1883, and again in 1922, downtown Astoria was devastated by fire, partly because the buildings were constructed mostly of wood, a readily available material. The buildings were entirely raised off the marshy ground on wooden pilings. Even after the first fire, the same building format was used. In the second fire, flames spread quickly again, and the collapsing streets took out the water system. Frantic citizens resorted to dynamite, blowing up entire buildings to create fire stops.{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/O/index.ssf/2010/12/infernos_leave_historic_marks.html | first = John | last= Terry | title = Infernos leave historic marks on Astoria's waterfront | publisher = The Oregonian/OregonLive | date=December 25, 2010}}{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nEwiCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT26| first = Rachel | last= Dresbeck | title = Oregon Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival |chapter=Chapter 3 – Port Town in Flames – The Astoria Fire – 1922 | publisher = Rowman & Littlefield | date= July 15, 2015| isbn = 9781493013197 }}

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Astoria has served as a port of entry for over a century and remains the trading center for the lower Columbia basin. In the early 1900s, the Callendar Navigation Company was an important transportation and maritime concern based in the city.{{Citation

| title = Callendar Navigation Co.

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| newspaper = Morning Astorian

| publisher = J.S. Dellinger Co.

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| location = Astoria OR

| volume = 59

| issue = 177

| date = May 9, 1905

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}} It has long since been eclipsed in importance by Portland, Oregon, and Seattle, Washington, as economic hubs on the coast of the Pacific Northwest. Astoria's economy centered on fishing, fish processing, and lumber. In 1945, about 30 canneries could be found along the Columbia River.

In the early 20th century, the North Pacific Brewing Company contributed substantially to the economic well-being of the town.{{Cite news |date=May 22, 1906 |title=Report of Committee on Manufacturies |pages=5 |work=The Morning Astorian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102302548/report-of-committee-on-manfacturies/ |access-date=May 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

----{{Cite news |date=May 22, 1906 |title=Ethics and Business |pages=2 |work=The Morning Astorian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102303425/ethics-and-business/ |access-date=May 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} Before 1902, the company was owned by John Kopp, who sold the firm to a group of five men, one of whom was Charles Robinson, who became the company's president in 1907.{{Cite news |date=February 17, 1903 |title=Emil Schimpff Ends His Life |pages=4 |work=The Times-Tribune |location=Scranton, Pennsylvania |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/51250122/emil-schimpff-suicide/ |access-date=May 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite journal |last=Hankel |first=Evelyn G. |date=Fall 1989 |title=Early Astonian Breweries |url=https://archive.org/details/cumtux.19890904/page/20/mode/2up |journal=CUMTUX |volume=9 |issue=4 |pages=21 |via=Internet Archive}} The main plant for the brewery was located on East Exchange Street.{{Cite news |date=March 28, 1908 |title=Working and Repairing |pages=5 |work=The Morning Astorian |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/102304090/working-and-repairing/ |access-date=May 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}}

As the Pacific salmon resource diminished, canneries were closed. In 1974, the Bumble Bee Seafoods corporation moved its headquarters out of Astoria and gradually reduced its presence until closing its last Astoria cannery in 1980.{{cite book|title=South Tongue Point Land Exchange and Marine Industrial Park Development Project, Clatsop County: Environmental Impact Statement |publisher=US Dept of Interior: Fish & Wildlife Service |date=1992 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tDQ3AQAAMAAJ&pg=PT106 |chapter=3 |page=53 |access-date=2021-11-21}} The lumber industry likewise declined in the late 20th century. Astoria Plywood Mill, the city's largest employer, closed in 1989. The Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway discontinued service to Astoria in 1996, as it did not provide a large enough market.{{cite news |url=http://www.bendbulletin.com/lifestyle/3256316-153/going-goonie-in-astoria| first = John Gottberg | last= Anderson | title = Going "Goonie" in Astoria | newspaper = Bend Bulletin | date=June 21, 2015}}

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From 1921 to 1966, a ferry route across the Columbia River connected Astoria with Pacific County, Washington. In 1966, the Astoria–Megler Bridge was opened. The bridge completed U.S. Route 101 and linked Astoria with Washington on the opposite shore of the Columbia, replacing the ferry service.{{Sfn|Smith|1989|p=299}}

Today, tourism, Astoria's growing art scene, and light manufacturing are the main economic activities of the city. Logging and fishing persist, but at a fraction of their former levels.{{cite news |url=http://koin.com/2014/10/29/report-astoria-tops-west-coast-fishing-ports/ |title=Report: Astoria tops West Coast fishing ports |agency=Associated Press |date=October 29, 2014 |access-date=May 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808204432/http://koin.com/2014/10/29/report-astoria-tops-west-coast-fishing-ports/ |archive-date=August 8, 2016 |url-status=dead}} Since 1982 it has been a port of call for cruise ships, after the city and port authority spent $10 million in pier improvements to accommodate these larger ships.{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyastorian.com/news/cruise-ship-season-to-see-double-the-visits/article_8e52ff7b-5f7b-521e-99be-e2ba6a9cb234.html| first = LeeAnn | last= Neal | title = Cruise ship season to see double the visits | newspaper = The Astorian | date=Apr 30, 2011}}

To avoid Mexican ports of call during the swine flu outbreak of 2009, many cruises were rerouted to include Astoria. The floating residential community MS The World visited Astoria in June 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/swine_flu_sends_cruise_ship_an.html | first = Katy | last= Muldoon | title = Swine flu sends cruise ship, tourism dollars to Astoria |publisher = The Oregonian/OregonLive | date=May 14, 2009}}

The town's seasonal sport fishing tourism has been active for several decades.{{cite web |author=Edward Stratton |title=Keeping fishing fever in check|url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/Local_News/20150811/keeping-fishing-fever-in-check |website=The Daily Astorian |date=August 11, 2015 |access-date=May 30, 2016}}{{cite news |author=Bill Monroe|title=Early success at Buoy 10 promises good fall season ahead for salmon fishing |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/sports/oregonian/bill_monroe/index.ssf/2015/08/post_191.html |website=The Oregonian/OregonLive |date=August 8, 2015 |access-date=May 30, 2016}}{{cite magazine |author=Andrew McKean |title=The Bite: Salmon Fishing the Columbia River |url=http://www.outdoorlife.com/articles/fishing/2015/08/bite-salmon-fishing-columbia-river |website=Outdoor Life |date=August 2015 |access-date=May 30, 2016}} Visitors attracted by heritage tourism and the historic elements of the city have supplanted fishing in the economy. Since the early 21st century, the microbrewery/brewpub scene{{cite news |author=Edward Stratton |title=Sour beer to join Astoria's impressive brewing lineup |url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/local_biz/20160524/sour-beer-to-join-astorias-impressive-brewing-lineup |website=The Daily Astorian |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=May 30, 2016}} and a weekly street market{{cite web |title=Astoria Sunday Market – Astoria, OR |url=http://nfmd.org/or/astoria/1003661/ |website=National Farmers Market Directory |access-date=May 30, 2016}} have helped popularize the area as a destination.

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In addition to the replicated Fort Clatsop, another point of interest is the Astoria Column, a tower {{convert|125|ft|m}} high, built atop Coxcomb Hill above the town. Its inner circular staircase allows visitors to climb to see a panoramic view of the town, the surrounding lands, and the Columbia flowing into the Pacific. The tower was built in 1926. Financing was provided by the Great Northern Railway, seeking to encourage tourists, and Vincent Astor, a great-grandson of John Jacob Astor, in commemoration of the city's role in the family's business history and the region's early history.{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cbFXAAAAIBAJ&pg=6859%2C293169 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Astoria Column, Coxcomb Hill |date=July 13, 1926 |page=7}}{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=orVWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6372%2C1096842 |newspaper=Eugene Guard |location=Oregon |title=The Column at Astoria |date=July 24, 1926 |page=4}}

Since 1998, artistically inclined fishermen and women from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest have traveled to Astoria for the Fisher Poets Gathering, where poets and singers tell their tales to honor the fishing industry and lifestyle.{{cite magazine |url= http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/rhyme-or-cut-bait-76082918/?c=y%3Fno-ist|title=Rhyme or Cut Bait When these fisher poets gather, nobody brags about the verse that got away|author=Sharon Boorstin|magazine=Smithsonian Magazine|date= June 2005}}

Another popular annual event is the Dark Arts Festival, which features music, art, dance, and demonstrations of craft such as blacksmithing and glassblowing, in combination with offerings of a large array of dark craft brews. Dark Arts Festival began as a small gathering at a community arts space. Now Fort George Brewery hosts the event, which draws hundreds of visitors and tour buses from Seattle.{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyastorian.com/multimedia/festival-of-dark-arts/collection_e559eb12-32fa-11e9-b34d-335c31cd3beb.html#1 |title=Festival of Dark Arts|author=Colin Murphey|newspaper=The Daily Astorian|date= February 17, 2019}}

Astoria is the western terminus of the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail, a {{convert|4250|mi|adj=on}} coast-to-coast bicycle touring route created in 1976 by the Adventure Cycling Association.{{cite web

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At least two United States Coast Guard cutters: the David Duren and Elm, are homeported in Astoria.{{cite web

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| title = New commander takes Steadfast's helm

| author = Edward Stratton

| publisher = EO Media Group / chinookobserver

| date = September 16, 2015

| access-date = May 12, 2016

}}{{cite web |title=Coast Guard accepts 56th fast response cutter, to be homeported in Astoria, Oregon |url=https://www.dcms.uscg.mil/Our-Organization/Assistant-Commandant-for-Acquisitions-CG-9/Newsroom/Latest-Acquisition-News/Article/3727094/coast-guard-accepts-56th-fast-response-cutter-to-be-homeported-in-astoria-oregon/ |website=Latest Acquisition News |publisher=United States Coast Guard |access-date=16 January 2025}}

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of {{convert|10.11|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|3.95|sqmi|sqkm|2}} are covered by water.{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=United States Census Bureau |access-date=December 21, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112090031/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=January 12, 2012 |df=mdy}}

Astoria lies within the Mediterranean climate zone (Köppen Csb), with cool winters and mild summers, although short heat waves can occur. Rainfall is most abundant in late fall and winter and is lightest in July and August, averaging about {{convert|67|in|mm}} of rain each year.{{cite web|title=Climate of Clatsop County |url=http://www.ocs.oregonstate.edu/county_climate/Clatsop_files/Clatsop.html |publisher=Oregon State University |access-date=April 22, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160730095449/http://www.ocs.oregonstate.edu/county_climate/Clatsop_files/Clatsop.html |archive-date=July 30, 2016}} Snowfall is relatively rare, averaging under {{convert|5|in|cm}} a year and frequently having none.{{Cite web |date=2002 |title=not found |url=https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/lcd/annual/2002/2002AST.pdf |access-date=January 9, 2025 |website=www.ncei.noaa.gov}} Nevertheless, when conditions are ripe, significant snowfalls can occur.

Astoria's monthly average humidity is always over 80% throughout the year, with average monthly humidity reaching a high of 84% from November to March, with a low of 81% during May.{{Cite web |last=Aladin |title=Astoria, OR - Climate & Monthly weather forecast |url=https://www.weather-us.com/en/oregon-usa/astoria-climate |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Weather U.S. |language=en}} The average relative humidity in Astoria is 89% in the morning and 73% in the afternoon.{{cite web | title = Average Relative Humidity – Morning (M), Afternoon (A) | work = Comparative Climatic Data for the United States Through 2012 | publisher = National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | year = 2013 | url = http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ccd-data/CCD-2012.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140718012823/http://www1.ncdc.noaa.gov/pub/data/ccd-data/CCD-2012.pdf | archive-date = July 18, 2014}}

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Annually, an average of only 4.2 afternoons have temperatures reaching {{convert|80|°F|1}} or higher, and {{convert|90|°F|1|disp=or}} readings are rare. Normally, only one or two nights per year occur when the temperature remains at or above {{convert|60|°F|1|disp=or}}.{{cite web

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| access-date = June 13, 2013}} An average of 31 mornings have minimum temperatures at or below the freezing mark. The record high temperature was {{convert|101|°F|1}} on July 1, 1942, and June 27, 2021. The record low temperature was {{convert|6|°F|1}} on December 8, 1972, and on December 21, 1990. Even with such a cold record low, afternoons usually remain mild in winter. On average, the coldest daytime high is {{convert|36|F|C}} whereas the lowest daytime maximum on record is {{convert|19|F|C}}. Even during brief heat spikes, nights remain cool. The warmest overnight low is {{convert|63|F|C}} set in May 2008. Nights close to that record are common with the normally warmest night of the year being at {{convert|61|F|C}}.

On average, 191 days have measurable precipitation. The wettest "water year", defined as October 1 through September 30 of the next year, was from 1915 to 1916 with {{convert|108.04|in|mm|abbr=on}} and the driest from 2000 to 2001 with {{convert|44.50|in|mm|abbr=on}}. The most rainfall in one month was {{convert|36.07|in|mm|1}} in December 1933, and the most in 24 hours was {{convert|5.56|in|mm|1}} on November 25, 1998. The most snowfall in one month was {{convert|26.9|in|cm|abbr=on}} in January 1950,{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or0324|title=Astoria, Oregon (350324)|publisher=Western Regional Climate Center|access-date=December 31, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or0328|title=Astoria WSO Airport, Oregon (350328)|publisher=Western Regional Climate Center|access-date=December 31, 2013}} and the most snow in 24 hours was {{convert|12.5|in|cm|abbr=on}} on December 11, 1922.

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|Jan record high F = 70

|Feb record high F = 72

|Mar record high F = 80

|Apr record high F = 85

|May record high F = 93

|Jun record high F = 101

|Jul record high F = 101

|Aug record high F = 98

|Sep record high F = 95

|Oct record high F = 85

|Nov record high F = 73

|Dec record high F = 64

|year record high F = 101

|Jan avg record high F = 58.9

|Feb avg record high F = 61.4

|Mar avg record high F = 65.5

|Apr avg record high F = 71.9

|May avg record high F = 77.8

|Jun avg record high F = 79.1

|Jul avg record high F = 81.7

|Aug avg record high F = 83.7

|Sep avg record high F = 81.9

|Oct avg record high F = 74.1

|Nov avg record high F = 62.8

|Dec avg record high F = 57.9

|year avg record high F = 89.4

|Jan high F = 49.4

|Feb high F = 50.9

|Mar high F = 53.0

|Apr high F = 55.9

|May high F = 60.5

|Jun high F = 64.0

|Jul high F = 67.4

|Aug high F = 68.7

|Sep high F = 67.6

|Oct high F = 60.7

|Nov high F = 53.6

|Dec high F = 48.7

|year high F = 58.4

|Jan mean F = 43.7

|Feb mean F = 44.2

|Mar mean F = 46.0

|Apr mean F = 48.7

|May mean F = 53.4

|Jun mean F = 57.3

|Jul mean F = 60.6

|Aug mean F = 61.3

|Sep mean F = 59.0

|Oct mean F = 52.8

|Nov mean F = 46.9

|Dec mean F = 43.2

|year mean F = 51.4

|Jan low F = 38.1

|Feb low F = 37.4

|Mar low F = 39.0

|Apr low F = 41.5

|May low F = 46.3

|Jun low F = 50.6

|Jul low F = 53.9

|Aug low F = 53.9

|Sep low F = 50.5

|Oct low F = 44.9

|Nov low F = 40.2

|Dec low F = 37.6

|year low F = 44.5

|Jan avg record low F = 27.2

|Feb avg record low F = 26.7

|Mar avg record low F = 29.6

|Apr avg record low F = 33.3

|May avg record low F = 37.6

|Jun avg record low F = 43.0

|Jul avg record low F = 46.9

|Aug avg record low F = 46.7

|Sep avg record low F = 41.8

|Oct avg record low F = 34.1

|Nov avg record low F = 29.3

|Dec avg record low F = 26.8

|year avg record low F = 22.6

|Jan record low F = 11

|Feb record low F = 9

|Mar record low F = 22

|Apr record low F = 26

|May record low F = 30

|Jun record low F = 37

|Jul record low F = 37

|Aug record low F = 39

|Sep record low F = 33

|Oct record low F = 26

|Nov record low F = 15

|Dec record low F = 6

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|Jan precipitation inch = 10.59

|Feb precipitation inch = 7.18

|Mar precipitation inch = 7.90

|Apr precipitation inch = 5.80

|May precipitation inch = 3.40

|Jun precipitation inch = 2.30

|Jul precipitation inch = 0.83

|Aug precipitation inch = 1.12

|Sep precipitation inch = 2.67

|Oct precipitation inch = 6.74

|Nov precipitation inch = 11.05

|Dec precipitation inch = 10.68

|year precipitation inch = 70.26

|Jan snow inch = 0.4

|Feb snow inch = 0.5

|Mar snow inch = 0.0

|Apr snow inch = 0.0

|May snow inch = 0.0

|Jun snow inch = 0.0

|Jul snow inch = 0.0

|Aug snow inch = 0.0

|Sep snow inch = 0.0

|Oct snow inch = 0.0

|Nov snow inch = 0.3

|Dec snow inch = 0.2

|year snow inch = 1.4

|unit precipitation days = 0.01 in

|Jan precipitation days = 21.6

|Feb precipitation days = 18.8

|Mar precipitation days = 21.5

|Apr precipitation days = 19.2

|May precipitation days = 15.5

|Jun precipitation days = 13.7

|Jul precipitation days = 8.1

|Aug precipitation days = 7.7

|Sep precipitation days = 10.1

|Oct precipitation days = 16.6

|Nov precipitation days = 21.1

|Dec precipitation days = 22.0

|year precipitation days = 195.9

|unit snow days = 0.1 in

|Jul snow days = 0.0

|Aug snow days = 0.0

|Sep snow days = 0.0

|Oct snow days = 0.0

|Nov snow days = 0.1

|Dec snow days = 0.3

|Jan snow days = 0.6

|Feb snow days = 0.7

|Mar snow days = 0.0

|Apr snow days = 0.0

|May snow days = 0.0

|Jun snow days = 0.0

|year snow days = 1.7

|Jan humidity = 82.7

|Feb humidity = 82.2

|Mar humidity = 80.9

|Apr humidity = 79.5

|May humidity = 79.5

|Jun humidity = 79.8

|Jul humidity = 79.8

|Aug humidity = 81.6

|Sep humidity = 81.1

|Oct humidity = 82.9

|Nov humidity = 83.3

|Dec humidity = 84.0

|year humidity = 81.4

|Jan dew point C = 2.6

|Feb dew point C = 3.7

|Mar dew point C = 4.1

|Apr dew point C = 5.2

|May dew point C = 7.7

|Jun dew point C = 10.1

|Jul dew point C = 11.7

|Aug dew point C = 12.3

|Sep dew point C = 11.0

|Oct dew point C = 8.4

|Nov dew point C = 5.5

|Dec dew point C = 3.2

|source 1 = NOAA (relative humidity and dew point 1961–1990, snowfall & snow days 1981–2010){{cite web

|url = https://www.weather.gov/wrh/climate?wfo=pqr

|title = NOWData – NOAA Online Weather Data

|publisher= National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

|access-date= 2018-04-18

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{{US Census population

|1860= 252

|1870= 639

|1880= 2803

|1890= 6184

|1900= 8351

|1910= 9599

|1920= 14027

|1930= 10349

|1940= 10389

|1950= 12331

|1960= 11239

|1970= 10244

|1980= 9998

|1990= 10069

|2000= 9813

|2010= 9477

|2020= 10181

|footnote=Sources:{{cite web|title=2010 Census profiles: Oregon cities alphabetically A-C|url=http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.prc/files/media_assets/2010_PL94_cities_A-C_updated.pdf|publisher=Portland State University Population Research Center|access-date=June 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303231317/http://www.pdx.edu/sites/www.pdx.edu.prc/files/media_assets/2010_PL94_cities_A-C_updated.pdf|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=dead}}Moffat, Riley. Population History of Western U.S. Cities & Towns, 1850–1990. Lanham: Scarecrow, 1996, 206.{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/popest/cities/files/SUB-EST2007-41.csv|title=Subcounty population estimates: Oregon 2000–2007|format=CSV|publisher=United States Census Bureau, Population Division|date=March 18, 2009|access-date=May 3, 2009|archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20090709154837/http%3A//www%2Ecensus%2Egov/popest/cities/files/SUB%2DEST2007%2D41%2Ecsv|archive-date=July 9, 2009|url-status=dead|df=mdy}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}

}}

As of the 2010 census,{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=December 21, 2012}} 9,477 people, 4,288 households, and 2,274 families were residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1538.5|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. The 4,980 housing units had an average density of {{convert|808.4|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 89.2% White, 0.6% African American, 1.1% Native American, 1.8% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 3.9% from other races, and 3.3% from two or more races. Hispanics or Latinos of any race were 9.8% of the population.

Of the 4,288 households, 24.6% had children under 18 living with them, 37.9% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.3% had a male householder with no wife present, and 47.0% were not families. About 38.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 15.1% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.15, and the average family size was 2.86.

The median age in the city was 41.9 years; 20.3% of residents were under 18; 8.6% were between 18 and 24; 24.3% were from 25 to 44; 29.9% were from 45 to 64; and 17.1% were 65 or older. The gender makeup of the city was 48.4% male and 51.6% female.

As of the 2000 census, 9,813 people, 4,235 households, and 2,469 families resided in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,597.6|/mi2|/km2|disp=preunit|people |people}}. The 4,858 housing units had an average density of {{convert|790.9|/mi2|/km2}}. The racial makeup of the city was 91.08% White, 0.52% Black or African American, 1.14% Native American, 1.94% Asian, 0.19% Pacific Islander, 2.67% from other races, and 2.46% from two or more races. About 5.98% of the population were Hispanics or Latinos of any race.

By ethnicity, 14.2% were German, 11.4% Irish, 10.2% English, 8.3% United States or American, 6.1% Finnish, 5.6% Norwegian, and 5.4% Scottish according to the 2000 United States census.

Of the 4,235 households, 28.8% had children under 18 living with them, 43.5% were married couples living together, 11.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 41.7% were not families. About 35.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.6% had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.26, and the average family size was 2.93.

In the city the age distribution was 24.0% under 18, 9.1% from 18 to 24, 26.4% from 25 to 44, 24.5% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% were 65 or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.3 males. For every 100 females 18 and over, there were 89.9 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $33,011, and for a family was $41,446. Males had a median income of $29,813 versus $22,121 for females. The per capita income for the city was $18,759. About 11.6% of families and 15.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 22.0% of those under 18 and 9.6% of those 65 or over.

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• Astoria Riverwalk with Astoria Riverfront Trolley, Uniontown Neighborhood, Columbia River Maritime Museum, Uppertown Firefighters Museum and Pier 39 Astoria
• The Astoria Column (the highest point in Astoria) with nearby Cathedral Tree Trail
• Heritage Museum, located in the Old City Hall
• Fort Astoria, Fort George Brewery
• Astor Building, Liberty Theater
• Museum of Whimsy, Astoria Sunday Market, Garden of Surging Waves, Astoria City Hall
• Oregon Film Museum, Flavel House
• Astoria Regional Airport with CGAS Astoria
• Fort Stevens, Clatsop Spit, Fort Clatsop and Youngs River Falls

Shanghaied in Astoria is a musical about Astoria's history that has been performed in Astoria every year since 1984.{{cite web

| url= http://coastexplorermagazine.com/features/shanghaied-in-astoria-2017-showtimes

| title= Shanghaied in Astoria Announces 2017 Showdates

| website= coastexplorermagazine.com

| date= May 12, 2017

| access-date= April 17, 2018

}}{{open access}}

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Astoria operates under a council–manager form of city government. Voters elect four councilors by ward and a mayor, who each serve four-year terms.{{cite web|title=City Council|url=http://astoria.or.us/page/92|publisher=City of Astoria|access-date=December 22, 2015}} The mayor and council appoint a city manager to conduct the ordinary business of the city.{{r|city-council}} The current mayor is Sean Fitzpatrick, who took office in January 2023. His predecessor, Bruce Jones, served from 2019 to 2022.

File:Astoria High School - Astoria Oregon.jpg

{{see also|wikisource:en:Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 4/The Educational History of Astoria, Oregon}}

The Astoria School District has four primary and secondary schools, including Astoria High School. Clatsop Community College is the city's two-year college. The city also has a library and many parks with historical significance, plus the second oldest Job Corps facility (Tongue Point Job Corps) in the nation. Tongue Point Job Corps center is the only such location in the country which provides seamanship training.{{Cite web |title=Seamanship {{!}} Job Corps |url=https://www.jobcorps.gov/train/392/transportation/209/seamanship |access-date=2022-05-31 |website=jobcorps.gov}}

The Astorian (formerly The Daily Astorian) is the main newspaper serving Astoria. It was established {{Years or months ago|{{#expr:1873-1}}}}, in 1873,[https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/cultural/media-newspapers.aspx Newspapers Published in Oregon] Oregon Blue Book. Retrieved July 22, 2012. and has been in continuous publication since that time.{{cite web|title=Oregon Newspaper Publishers Century Roster|date=June 2012|work=Oregon Publisher|publisher=The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association|url=http://www.orenews.com/web/members/op/OPJune2012.pdf |page=7|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619054453/http://www.orenews.com/web/members/op/OPJune2012.pdf|archive-date=June 19, 2012|access-date=November 25, 2014}} The Coast River Business Journal is a monthly business magazine covering Astoria, Clatsop County, and the Northwest Oregon coast. It, along with The Astorian, is part of the EO Media Group (formerly the East Oregonian Publishing Company) family of Oregon and Washington newspapers.{{cite web|title=Coast River Business Journal – About Us|url=http://publishing.eomediagroup.com/coast-river-business-journal/|access-date=May 30, 2016|archive-date=September 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928010317/http://publishing.eomediagroup.com/coast-river-business-journal/|url-status=dead}} The local NPR station is KMUN 91.9, and KAST 1370 is a local news-talk radio station.

The early 1960s television series Route 66 filmed the episode entitled "One Tiger to a Hill"{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0690475/|title=One Tiger to a Hill|date=September 21, 1962|publisher=IMDb}} in Astoria; it was broadcast on September 21, 1962.

In recent popular culture, Astoria is most famous for being the setting of the 1985 film The Goonies, which was filmed on location in the city. Other notable movies filmed in Astoria include Short Circuit, The Black Stallion, Kindergarten Cop, Free Willy, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III, Benji the Hunted, Come See the Paradise, The Ring Two, Into the Wild, The Guardian and Green Room.{{cite web

| url = http://parentingsquad.com/family-vacation-idea-visit-your-favorite-family-movie-locations-in-astoria-oregon

| title = Visit Your Favorite Family Movie Locations in Astoria, Oregon

| author = Sonja Stewart

| date = May 16, 2011

| work = Parenting Squad

| access-date = March 3, 2014

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| title = Movies filmed in Astoria Oregon

| publisher = Astoria Oregon

| access-date = March 3, 2014

}}{{cite web

| url = http://content.usatoday.com/communities/popcandy/post/2010/07/guest-blogger-how-did-i-spend-my-vacation-visiting-goonies-filming-locations/1

| title = Guest blogger: How did I spend my vacation? Visiting 'Goonies' filming locations!

| author = Ryan S. (a.k.a. Spoodawg)

| date = July 8, 2010

| work = USA Today

| access-date = March 3, 2014

}}{{cite web

|url= http://www.oregonfilm.org/docs/Oregon_Filmography.pdf

|title= Filmed in Oregon 1908–2012

|publisher= Oregon Governor's Office of Film & Television

|url-status= dead

|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140814050842/http://www.oregonfilm.org/docs/Oregon_Filmography.pdf

|archive-date= August 14, 2014

|access-date= April 17, 2018

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• Bobby Anet, college basketball guard who helped guide the University of Oregon to win the inaugural NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship in 1938–1939 attended Astoria High school[https://sites.google.com/a/astoriak12.org/ahs-hall-of-fame/bobby-anet] AHS Hall of Fame
• Alexander G. Barry, American attorney Republican member of the Oregon House of Representatives
• Jona Bechtolt, Grammy nominated electronic musician and multimedia artist raised in Astoria
• Del Bjork, a professional American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL). He played two seasons for the Chicago Bears (1937–1938)
• Brian Bruney, Major League Baseball relief pitcher{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=brunebr01|title=Brian Bruney Stats|publisher=Baseball Almanac|access-date=December 31, 2013}}
• Honey Lee Cottrell, Photographer, filmmaker, LGBTQ activist born in Astoria{{Cite web|url= http://www.ebar.com/news///245679/photographer_honey_lee_cottrell_dies |title= Photographer Honey Lee Cottrell dies |last= Laird |first= Cynthia |date= October 1, 2015 |publisher= The Bay Area Reporter |access-date= August 5, 2018}}
• Marie Dorion, the only female member of an overland expedition sent by the Pacific Fur Company to Fort Astoria in 1810{{cite news |url= http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/NEWS/504050337 |title= She Should Be As Famous As Sacagawea |date= April 5, 2005 |last= Lynn |first= Capi |work= Statesman Journal |location= Salem, Oregon |access-date= October 24, 2008 |archive-date= February 3, 2013 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20130203075641/http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050405/NEWS/504050337 |url-status= dead }}
• George Flavel, maritime pilot and businessman
• Charles William Fulton, lawyer and Oregon senator
• Grouper, American ambient musician (Elizabeth Anne Harris)
• Jerry Gustafson, football player{{cite web|url=http://www.fanbase.com/Jerry-F-Gustafson |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140812020744/http://www.fanbase.com/Jerry-F-Gustafson |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |title=Jerry F. Gustafson |publisher=fanbase.com |access-date=August 9, 2014}}
• Darrell Hanson, American politician in the state of Iowa
• Michael Hurley, American singer/songwriter{{cite news|url=http://oregonmusicnews.com/2011/05/11/wading-in-cerebrospinal-fluid-with-cass-mccombs-frank-fairfield-and-michael-hurley/ |title=Wading in cerebrospinal fluid with Cass McCombs, Frank Fairfield and Michael Hurley |author=Brinkman, Brian R. |date=May 11, 2011 |work=Oregon Music News |access-date=December 31, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102193529/http://oregonmusicnews.com/2011/05/11/wading-in-cerebrospinal-fluid-with-cass-mccombs-frank-fairfield-and-michael-hurley/ |archive-date=January 2, 2014 |df=mdy}}
• Duane Jarvis, American guitarist and singer/songwriter
• Wally Johansen, a college basketball guard who played for the University of Oregon when it won the inaugural NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament championship in 1938–1939
• Consuelo Kanaga, a photographer and writer who became well known for her photographs of African-Americans
• Augustus C. Kinney, a physician and scientist, was a leading expert on tuberculosis
• Kenneth Koe, chemist of Chinese descent, helped develop sertraline, which was branded and sold as Zoloft
• Carl W. Leick, a German born architect who moved to Astoria. His Astoria designs include the Captain George Flavel House, the Clatsop County Courthouse, and the Grace Episcopal Church{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=77001360}} |title=National Register of Historic Places Nomination and Registration Forms: Mukilteo Light Station |publisher=National Park Service |date=October 21, 1977 |access-date=June 8, 2015}}
• Rosa Lemberg, a Namibian-born Finnish American teacher, choral conductor and socialist{{cite book|last=Rosemont|first=Franklin|title=Joe Hill: The IWW & The Making of a Revolutionary Working Class Counterculture|year=2003|location=Chicago, Illinois|publisher=Charles H Kerr|isbn=978-088-28626-4-4}}
• Armand Lohikoski, American born – Finnish movie director and writer
• Robert Lundeen, American businessperson, most notable for his association with the College of Engineering at Oregon State University (OSU) and Tektronix Inc.{{cite web|url=http://www.osufoundation.org/s/359/foundation/index.aspx?sid=359&gid=34&pgid=342&cid=8845&ecid=8845&crid=0&calpgid=4370&calcid=6941|title=Lundeen Made Lasting Impact at Oregon State|access-date=May 11, 2016}}
• Ranald MacDonald, first man to teach the English language in Japan and one of the interpreters between the Tokugawa shogunate and Commodore Perry when the latter made his trips to Japan on behalf of the U.S. government in the early 1850s
• Holly Madison, Playboy model and one of Hugh Hefner's ex-girlfriends,{{cite web|url=http://www.tmz.com/2008/10/07/holly-to-hugh-hef-off/|title=Holly to Hugh: Hef Off|author=TMZ.com|access-date=October 7, 2008|date=October 7, 2008}} born in Astoria, but left before her second birthday
• Donald Malarkey, World War II U.S. Army soldier of the 101st Airborne Division who was portrayed in the television series Band of Brothers{{cite web|url=http://oregoncatalyst.com/12667-veterans-day-tribute-oregon-hero-don-malarkey.html|title=Veterans Day tribute to an Oregon hero: Don Malarkey|author=NW Spotlight|date=November 11, 2011|publisher=OregonCatalyst|access-date=December 31, 2013}}
• Petra Mathers, a German-born American writer and illustrator of children's picture books
• George H. Merryman, a doctor who made house calls by horse and buggy then later built the first modern hospital in Klamath Falls. Served in both the Oregon House of Representatives & Oregon Senate
• Royal Nebeker, American painter and print maker. Lived and worked in Astoria for 30 years
• Gene Nelson, American dancer, actor, screenwriter, and director, starred as Will Parker in Oklahoma! (1955)
• Albin W. Norblad, Attorney in the U.S. state of Oregon, and a judge of the Oregon Circuit Court for the 3rd judicial district
• Kerttu Nuorteva, A Soviet intelligence agent during World War II. Daughter of Santeri Nuorteva
• Santeri Nuorteva, Finnish socialist politician and journalist, who edited Toveri ("The Comrade") in Astoria in 1912–1913Paul George Hummasti, Finnish Radicals in Astoria, Oregon, 1904–1940: A Study in Immigrant Socialism. New York: Arno Press, 1979; p. 44. Father of Kerttu Nuorteva
• Maila Nurmi, a.k.a. 1950s TV horror hostess Vampira and co-star of Ed Wood's Plan 9 from Outer Space attended Astoria High School in the late 1930s{{cite news|title=Vampira: The haunting of Astoria High School |work=The Daily Astorian |date=October 31, 2008 |url=http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/vampira-the-haunting-of-astoria-high-school/article_145abfb6-0a12-5568-aae8-2e19568e3f33.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140101042552/http://www.dailyastorian.com/news/vampira-the-haunting-of-astoria-high-school/article_145abfb6-0a12-5568-aae8-2e19568e3f33.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 1, 2014 |access-date=December 31, 2013}}
• Mike Pecarovich, American college football coach, lawyer, and actor
• Allan Pomeroy, mayor of Seattle from 1952 to 1956{{cite web|url=http://www.seattle.gov/cityarchives/seattle-facts/city-officials/mayors/mayors-1948-present|title=Mayors, 1948 – Present|publisher=Seattle Municipal Archives}}
• Jordan Poyer, NFL football player, raised in Astoria and played for Astoria teams{{cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/browns/index.ssf/2013/12/small-town_jordan_poyer_hopes.html|title=Small-town Jordan Poyer hopes to make it big time with the Cleveland Browns as a defensive back|date=December 13, 2013}}
• Ken Raymond, an expert in bioinorganic and coordination chemistry
• Arnie Sundberg, American weightlifter who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics
• Wilbur Ternyik, American civic leader who has been characterized as a founding father of coastal planning. Mayor of Florence, Oregon
• Willis Van Dusen, businessman and mayor of Astoria from 1991 through 2014
• Gary Wilhelms, American politician who was a member of the Oregon House of Representatives
• Stanley Paul Young, American biologist{{cite web|url= http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217331|title=Biography|publisher=Smithsonian Institution Archives|access-date=June 19, 2013}}
• Eric Zener, American photorealist artist best known for figure paintings of lone subjects, often in or about swimming pools

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Image:Old Clatsop County jail - Astoria Oregon.jpg, formerly old Clatsop County Jail, used in first scene of The Goonies.]]

{{See also|List of fiction set in Oregon}}

Actor Clark Gable is claimed to have begun his career at the Astoria Theatre in 1922.{{cite web|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/antiuser/426380299/in/set-72157600008412065/|title=Astoria Theatre Sign|date=March 18, 2007}}

Leroy E. "Ed" Parsons, called the "Father of Cable Television", developed one of the first community antenna television stations (CATV) in the United States in Astoria starting in 1948.{{cite news|url=http://www.offbeatoregon.com/o1109c-astoria-man-invents-cable-tv-as-favor-for-wife.html|title=Astoria man set out to do something nice for his wife, ended up inventing cable TV|author=John, Finn J.D.|date=September 19, 2011|work=Offbeat Oregon History|access-date=December 31, 2013}}

The fourth album of the pop punk band The Ataris was titled So Long, Astoria as an allusion to The Goonies. A song of the same title is the album's first track. The album's back cover features news clippings from Astoria, including a picture of the port's water tower from a 2002 article on its demolition.{{cite web|url=http://chicagoist.com/2014/03/20/the_ataris_hop_on_the_nostalgia_boa.php|title=The Ataris Hop on the Nostalgia Boat, Bring 'So Long, Astoria' Tour To Chicago|author=KATIE KARPOWICZ|publisher=Gothamist LLC|access-date=May 13, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305013442/http://chicagoist.com/2014/03/20/the_ataris_hop_on_the_nostalgia_boa.php|archive-date=March 5, 2016|df=mdy-all}}

The pop punk band Marianas Trench has an album titled Astoria. The band states the album was inspired by 1980s fantasy and adventure films, and The Goonies in particular. That film inspired the title, as it was set in Astoria, the album's artwork, as well as the title of their accompanying US tour (Hey You Guys!!).{{cite news|last1=Jane|first1=Lauraa|title=Marianas Trench To Release New Album 'Astoria'|url=http://highlightmagazine.net/2015/09/15/marianas-trench-to-release-new-album-astoria/|work=Highlight Magazine|access-date=Jan 4, 2018|date=September 15, 2015}}

The film Green Room prominently featured Astoria and the areas surrounding Portland.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4062536/locations/ |website=IMDB |access-date=9 September 2024 |title=Green Room (2015) - Filming & production - IMDb }}

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Two U.S. Navy cruisers were named USS Astoria: A New Orleans-class heavy cruiser (CA-34) and a Cleveland class light cruiser (CL-90). The former was lost in the Pacific Ocean in combat at the Battle of Savo Island in August 1942, during World War II,{{cite book

| author = Joe James Custer

| title = Through the Perilous Night: The Astoria's Last Battle.

| publisher = The Macmillan Company

| date = 1944

}} and the latter was scrapped in 1971 after being removed from active duty in 1949.{{cite web | url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/astoria-cl-90-iii.html| title=Astoria III (CL-90) | publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command | date=June 19, 2015 |access-date=December 12, 2015}}

Astoria has one sister city,{{cite web|url=http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Astoria,%20Oregon|title=Interactive City Directory|publisher=Sister Cities International|access-date=December 31, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813090727/http://www.sister-cities.org/interactive-map/Astoria,%20Oregon|archive-date=August 13, 2014|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}} as designated by Sister Cities International:

• {{flagicon|Germany}} Walldorf, Germany, which is the birthplace of Astoria's namesake, John Jacob Astor, who was born in Walldorf near Heidelberg on July 17, 1763. The sistercityship was founded on Astor's 200th birthday in 1963 in Walldorf by Walldorf's mayor Wilhelm Willinger and Astoria's mayor Harry Steinbock.{{Sfn|Ebeling|1998|pages=351–354}}

• Astoria Regional Airport
• The Clatsop tribe of Native Americans
• Columbia Memorial Hospital
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Clatsop County, Oregon — 44 Astoria structures and districts listed (2020)
• Socialist Party of Oregon § The Finnish Socialists of Astoria
• Western Workmen's Co-operative Publishing Company

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• {{cite book|last=Ebeling|first=Herbert C.|title=Johann Jakob Astor, Walldorf Astor-Stiftung|year=1998|publisher=Astor-Stiftung |isbn=3-00-003749-7}}
• {{cite book |editor1= Elihu Lauterpacht |editor2= C. J. Greenwood |editor3= A. G. Oppenheimer |editor4= Karen Lee |title= International Law Reports |url= http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521807794 |year= 2004 |publisher= Cambridge University Press |chapter= Consolidated Table of Treaties, Volumes 1–125 |chapter-url= http://assets.cambridge.org/052180/7794/excerpt/0521807794_excerpt.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/http://assets.cambridge.org/052180/7794/excerpt/0521807794_excerpt.pdf |archive-date=2022-10-09 |url-status=live|isbn= 0-521-80779-4 |oclc= 56448442 |access-date= April 17, 2018 |ref = {{sfnRef|Lauterpacht|2004}}}}
• {{cite book|last=Lescroart|first=Justine|year=2009|title=Roadtripping USA|publisher=Macmillan|location=New York|isbn=978-0-312-38583-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780312385835}}
• {{cite book | last=Meinig | first=D.W.| author-link=Donald W. Meinig | title = The Great Columbia Plain| edition = Weyerhaeuser Environmental Classic| orig-year = 1968| year = 1995| publisher = University of Washington Press| isbn = 978-0-295-97485-9}}
• {{cite book | first = Dwight A. | last= Smith |author2= Norman, James B. |author-link2=James B. Norman |author3= Dykman, Pieter T. | title = Historic Highway Bridges of Oregon | publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press | year = 1989 | isbn = 0-87595-205-4 | ref={{sfnRef|Smith|1989}}}}

• Ebeling, Herbert C.: Johann Jakob Astor. Walldorf, Germany: Astor-Stiftung, 1998. {{ISBN|3-00-003749-7}}.
• Leedom, Karen L.: Astoria: An Oregon History. Astoria, Oregon: Rivertide Publishing, 2008. {{ISBN|978-0-9826252-1-7}}.
• {{Cite book|author=MacGibbon, Elma|title=Leaves of knowledge|url=http://www.secstate.wa.gov/history/publications%5Fdetail.aspx?p=63|publisher=Shaw & Borden Co|year=1904}} Elma MacGibbons reminiscences about her travels in the United States starting in 1898, which were mainly in Oregon and Washington. Includes chapter "Astoria and the Columbia River".

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• {{Cite EB1911|wstitle=Astoria |short=x}}
• [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/astoria.aspx Entry for Astoria] in the Oregon Blue Book
• [http://www.oldoregon.com/ Astoria-Warrenton Chamber of Commerce]
• [http://www.opb.org/television/programs/oregonexperience/segment/astoria/ Astoria] Documentary produced by Oregon Public Broadcasting

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