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Line 1: {{Short description\| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}} {{Use mdy dates\|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox settlement \|official_name = Alsea, Oregon \|settlement_type = [[Unincorporated area\|Unincorporated community]] & [[census-designated place]] \|nickname = \|motto = \|image_skyline = Alsea merc.jpg \|imagesize = \|image_caption = Alsea Mercantile \|image_map = \|established_date = \|established_title = \|named_for = [[Alsea River]] \|pushpin_map = USA Oregon#USA \|pushpin_label_position = <!-- the position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> \|pushpin_map_caption = Location within the state of Oregon \|pushpin_mapsize = \|mapsize = \|map_caption = \|image_map1 = \|mapsize1 = \|map_caption1 = \|subdivision_type = [[List of sovereign states\|Country]] \|subdivision_name = United States Line 26 ⟶ 28: \|subdivision_type2 = [[List of counties in Oregon\|County]] \|subdivision_name2 = [[Benton County, Oregon\|Benton]] \|area_total_sq_mi = 0.16 \|area_total_km2 = 0.40 \|area_land_sq_mi = 0.16 \|area_land_km2 = 0.40 \|area_water_sq_mi = 0.00 \|area_water_km2 = 0.00 \|population_estimate_as_of = 2023 \|population_as_of = [[United States Census, 2010\|2010]]▼ \|population_estimate_footnotes = \|population_footnotes = <ref name="2010 Census">{{cite web\|title= Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2010\|publisher= U.S. Census Bureau\|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov/faces/tableservices/jsf/pages/productview.xhtml?pid=DEC_10_PL_GCTPL2.ST10&prodType=table\|accessdate=December 3, 2014}}</ref> \|population_estimate_total = 220 \|population_total = 164▼ ▲\|population_as_of = [[2020 United States Census~~, 2010~~\|~~2010~~2020]] \|population_density_km2 =▼ \|population_footnotes = <ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly"/> \|population_density_sq_mi =▼ ▲\|population_total = ~~164~~220 ▲\|population_density_km2 = 407.95 ▲\|population_density_sq_mi = 1057.69 \|coordinates = {{coord\|44\|22\|53\|N\|123\|35\|47\|W\|region:US-OR\|display=inline,title}} \|timezone = [[Pacific Standard Time Zone\|PST]] Line 42 ⟶ 47: \|timezone_DST = [[Pacific Daylight Time\|PDT]] \|utc_offset_DST = -7 \|~~elevation_m~~ elevation_footnotes = <ref name=gnis/> \|elevation_ft = ~~292~~295 \|website = \|postal_code_type = [[ZIP code]]s \|postal_code = 97324 \|area_code = 541 \|blank_name = [[Federal Information Processing Standards\|FIPS code]] \|footnotes = Coordinates and elevation from [[Geographic Names Information System]]<ref name="gnis">{{cite gnis\|id=1137169\|name= Alsea\|entrydate=November 28, 1980 \|accessdate= September 11, 2009}}</ref> \|blank_info = 41-01800 \|blank1_name = [[Geographic Names Information System\|GNIS]] feature ID \|blank1_info = 1137169<ref name=gnis>{{GNIS\|1137169}}</ref> \|footnotes = \|unit_pref = Imperial \|area_footnotes = <ref name="TigerWebMapServer">{{cite web\|title=ArcGIS REST Services Directory\|url=https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/5/query?where=STATE='41'&outFields=NAME,STATE,PLACE,AREALAND,AREAWATER,LSADC,CENTLAT,CENTLON&orderByFields=PLACE&returnGeometry=false&returnTrueCurves=false&f=json\|publisher=United States Census Bureau\|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}</ref> }} '''Alsea''' ({{IPAc-en\|'\|æ\|l\|s\|i}} {{respell\|AL\|see}}) is an [[Unincorporated area\|unincorporated community]] in [[Benton County, Oregon\|Benton County]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Oregon]]. It is on [[Oregon Route 34]] and the [[Alsea River]]. For statistical purposes, the [[United States Census Bureau]] has defined Alsea as a [[census-designated place]] (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to the local understanding of the area with the same name. As of the [[2020 United States ~~2010 Census~~census\|~~2010~~2023 Census population estiamtes]], the population was ~~164~~220.<ref name="2010 Census">{{cite web \|title=Population and Housing Occupancy Status: 2020 \|url=https://www.census.gov/search-results.html?q=alsea+oregon&page=1&stateGeo=none&searchtype=web&cssp=SERP&_charset_=UTF-8 \|access-date=November 30, 2022 \|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> ==History== [[File:George E Chamberlain 2.jpg\|thumb\|~~160px~~upright\|left\|George Chamberlain, the 11th Governor of Oregon]]▼ Alsea was named for the Alsea River, whose name was a corruption of "Alsi" (also spelled "Ulseah" and "Alsiias") the name of a [[Native Americans in the United States\|Native American]] tribe, now known as the [[Alsea (tribe)\|Alsea]], that lived at the mouth of the river. The Alsea area was settled by [[European-American\|Europeans]] early as 1855, when the name "Alseya Settlement" appeared on the [[Surveyor General of the United States\|Surveyor General's]] map. Alsea post office was established in 1871.<ref name="OGN">{{cite book \| last = McArthur \| first = Lewis A. \| authorlink = Lewis A. McArthur \|author2=[[Lewis L. McArthur]] \| title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]] \| origyear = 1928 \| edition = 7th\| year = 2003 \| publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press \| location = Portland, Oregon\| isbn = 0-87595-277-1 \| pages = 19–20 }}</ref>▼ ▲Alsea was named for the Alsea River, whose name was a corruption of "Alsi" (also spelled "Ulseah" and "Alsiias") the name of a [[Native Americans in the United States\|Native American]] tribe, now known as the [[Alsea (tribe)\|Alsea]], that lived at the mouth of the river. The Alsea area was settled by [[European-American\|Europeans]] early as 1855, when the name "Alseya Settlement" appeared on the [[Surveyor ~~General of the United States~~general\|Surveyor ~~General~~general's]] map. Alsea post office was established in 1871.<ref name="OGN">{{cite book \| last = McArthur \| first = Lewis A. \| ~~authorlink~~author-link = Lewis A. McArthur \|author2=[[Lewis L. McArthur]] \|author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur \| title = [[Oregon Geographic Names]] \| ~~origyear~~orig-year = 1928 \| edition = 7th\| year = 2003 \| publisher = [[Oregon Historical Society]] Press \| location = Portland, Oregon\| isbn = 0-87595-277-1 \| pages = 19–20 }}</ref> In the early 1850s settlers moved from the [[Willamette Valley]] into the Alsea area to take up [[Donation Land Claim Act\|donation land claim]]s.<ref>{{cite web \|title = Alsea Falls Recreation Site \|publisher = Bureau of Land Management, Salem District \|url = http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Alsea_Falls_Rec_Site.pdf \|format = PDF \|accessdate = December 24, 2009 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122050920/http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Alsea_Falls_Rec_Site.pdf \|archive-date = January 22, 2009 \|url-status = dead }}</ref> While [[logging]] was once the primary industry in Alsea, it is now known as a place for fishing on the Alsea River, particularly for [[Rainbow trout\|steelhead]],<ref>{{cite news\|title = Our Town 2004–2005: Who We Are Today\| url = http://www.mvourtown.com/today/index.html \| archive-url = https://archive.is/20030602192406/http://www.mvourtown.com/today/index.html \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = June 2, 2003 \| work = Mid-Valley News\| publisher = Mid-Valley Online \| accessdate = December 24, 2009 }}</ref> and a favorite stopping point on a well-traveled cycling loop.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Alsea Falls Loop\|publisher = The Travel Oregon Network\| year=2011\|url=http://rideoregonride.com/road-routes/alsea-falls-loop/\|accessdate=August 2, 2011}}</ref>▼ ▲In the early 1850s settlers moved from the [[Willamette Valley]] into the Alsea area to take up [[Donation Land Claim Act\|donation land claim]]s.<ref>{{cite web \|title = Alsea Falls Recreation Site \|publisher = Bureau of Land Management, Salem District \|url = http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Alsea_Falls_Rec_Site.pdf \|~~format = PDF \|accessdate~~access-date = December 24, 2009 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090122050920/http://www.blm.gov/or/resources/recreation/files/brochures/Alsea_Falls_Rec_Site.pdf \|archive-date = January 22, 2009 \|url-status = dead }}</ref> While [[logging]] was once the primary industry in Alsea, it is now known as a place for fishing on the Alsea River, particularly for [[Rainbow trout\|steelhead]],<ref>{{cite news\|title = Our Town 2004–2005: Who We Are Today\| url = http://www.mvourtown.com/today/index.html \| archive-url = https://archive.istoday/20030602192406/http://www.mvourtown.com/today/index.html \| url-status = dead \| archive-date = June 2, 2003 \| work = Mid-Valley News\| publisher = Mid-Valley Online \| ~~accessdate~~access-date = December 24, 2009 }}</ref> and a favorite stopping point on a well-traveled cycling loop.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Alsea Falls Loop\|publisher = The Travel Oregon Network\| year=2011\|url=http://rideoregonride.com/road-routes/alsea-falls-loop/\|~~accessdate~~access-date=August 2, 2011}}</ref> ==Climate== This region experiences warm (but not hot) and dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above {{convert\|71.6\|F\|C}}. According to the [[Köppen Climate Classification]] system, Alsea has a [[Mediterranean climate#Warm-summer Mediterranean climate\|warm-summer Mediterranean climate]], abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Alsea, Oregon\|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=541053&cityname=Alsea%2C+Oregon%2C+United+States+of+America&units=\|work=Weatherbase\|year=2016\|publisher=CantyMedia\|~~accessdate~~access-date=September 23, 2016}}</ref> {{Weather box \|~~imperial~~metric first = \|location = Alsea Fish Hatchery \|single line = Y Line 156 ⟶ 169: \|source 1 = <ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?or0145 \|title=Alsea F H Fall Creek, OR (350145) \|~~accessdate~~access-date=November 22, 2015 \|publisher=Western Regional Climate Center }}</ref> \|date=November 2015 }} ==Demographics== {{US Census population \|align=left\|2010 = 164 \| 2020 = 165 \| footnote = U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web\|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html\|title=Census of Population and Housing\|publisher=Census.gov\|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{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}}</ref> }}{{clear left}} ==School== Alsea Charter School, including [[Alsea High School]], is a charter school that serves K-12 and has an enrollment of 321 students as of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Alsea Charter School\|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/oregon/alsea-charter-school-16388 \|website=US News Education\|year=2024\|access-date=August 24, 2024}}</ref> [[File:Hayden (Alsea) Bridge interior.jpg\|alt=Interior of the Hayden Bridge, west of Alsea, Oregon.\|thumb\|Interior of the Hayden Bridge over the Alsea River. View is to the south along Hayden Road west of Alsea, Oregon.]] ==Covered bridge== Near Alsea is [[Hayden Bridge (Alsea, Oregon)\|Hayden Bridge]], a historic [[covered bridge]] listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 1979.<ref name="Oregon NR list">{{cite web\|url=http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf \| title =Oregon National Register List\|publisher=Oregon Parks and Recreation Department\|~~format = PDF\|accessdate~~access-date=December 24, 2009\|archive-date=June 9, 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609105953/http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf\|url-status=dead}}</ref> The bridge carries Hayden Road over the river from an intersection with Route 34 about {{convert\|2\|mi\|km\|0}} west of Alsea.<ref name = "ODOT">{{cite web\|title = Alsea River (Hayden) Covered Bridge \| publisher = Oregon Department of Transportation \| url = http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/HWY/BRIDGE/docs/covbrdg/Descriptions/hayden.pdf\|~~accessdate~~access-date = December 4, 2014}}</ref> ==Notable people== Line 171 ⟶ 196: · All others will be deleted without further explanation --> [[Thomas Benton Slate]] (December 2, 1880 – November 26, 1980) – was raised in Alsea. He invented the first commercially viable method of producing [[dry ice]],<ref>{{cite web \| url= https://offbeatoregon.com/1602b.slate-metal-airship-inventor-part1.378.html \| title= Benton County lad became the "Nicola Tesla of Oregon" \| last= John \| first= Finn J.D. \| publisher= Off Beat Oregon \| access-date= December 11, 2019}}</ref> and later financed the construction of an all-aluminum hulled airship, ''The City of Glendale'', completed in 1929 but never flown.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Slate Aircraft Corporation City of Glendale Negatives 1928–1929\|publisher=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum\|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/slate-aircraft-corporation-city-glendale-negatives-1928-1929\|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref>▼ ▲[[File:George E Chamberlain 2.jpg\|thumb\|160px\|George Chamberlain, the 11th Governor of Oregon]] ▲* [[Thomas Benton Slate]] (December 2, 1880 – November 26, 1980) – was raised in Alsea. He invented the first commercially viable method of producing [[dry ice]]<ref>{{cite web \| url= https://offbeatoregon.com/1602b.slate-metal-airship-inventor-part1.378.html \| title= Benton County lad became the "Nicola Tesla of Oregon" \| last= John \| first= Finn J.D. \| publisher= Off Beat Oregon \| access-date= December 11, 2019}}</ref> and later financed construction of an all-aluminum hulled airship, ''The City of Glendale'', completed in 1929 but never flown.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Slate Aircraft Corporation City of Glendale Negatives 1928–1929\|publisher=Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum\|url=https://airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/slate-aircraft-corporation-city-glendale-negatives-1928-1929\|access-date=December 12, 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{~~reflist\|30em~~Reflist}} ==External links== [~~http~~https://~~www.~~alsea.k12.or.us/ Alsea School District] [http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Alsea,%20Oregon&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic photos of Alsea from Salem Public Library] *[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Hayden%20Covered%20Bridge&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic photos of Hayden Covered Bridge] Line 186 ⟶ 209: {{Benton County, Oregon}} {{~~authority~~Authority control}} [[Category:Census-designated places in Benton County, Oregon]] Line 192 ⟶ 215: [[Category:Alsea River]] [[Category:1871 establishments in Oregon]] [[Category:Populated places established in 1871]] [[Category:Census-designated places in Oregon]] [[Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon]] [[Category:Oregon placenames of Native American origin]]