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Kernville

Ghost town · Lincoln County, Oregon

Cape Foulweather quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500)
Cape Foulweather quadrangle, USGS topographic map (1941, 1:62,500) · U.S. Geological Survey, Historical Topographic Map Collection · Public domain

Kernville is a ghost town in Lincoln County, Oregon, recorded as human settlement in Oregon, United States of America. It is one of 9 former communities in Lincoln County on the federal names register. That ranks the county 11th among the 34 Oregon counties with a vanished settlement on record.

The U.S. Geological Survey lists Kernville as a historical populated place: the name is no longer in official use for a community, whether the settlement was abandoned, absorbed into a neighbouring town or renamed. The recorded location is 44.8994° N, 124.0030° W.

Key facts

Elevation146 ft
Nearest living townLincoln Beach, OR
Distance to it2.3 miles
Coordinates44.89940, -124.00300

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What's there now

Kernville is no longer a community in its own right. The nearest living town is Lincoln Beach, OR (population 2,657), about 2.3 miles away in a straight line, and the site sits at roughly 146 feet above sea level. Much of the land around former townsites is private; check access before you visit.

Images

Former site of the Kern Brothers Packing Company in Kernville, Oregon
Former site of the Kern Brothers Packing Company in Kernville, Oregon · Visitor7 / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Questions

Where is Kernville?

Kernville is in Lincoln County, Oregon, at 44.8994, -124.0030.

How many ghost towns are in Lincoln County?

Lincoln County, Oregon has 9 ghost towns on record at Wayfarrow.

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