Frankport, also called Frankfort,[2] is a ghost town in Curry County, Oregon. The town was centered on Frankport Beach, located in what is now Sisters Rocks State Park.[3] Also part of Frankport was an island off the coast that was home to a shipping dock.[2] The island, one of the three Sisters Rocks,[4] was connected to the mainland by a bridge with a wooden railway.[2]

Frankport Frankfort
Ghost town
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Coordinates: 42.5928873°N 124.4012147°W / 42.5928873; -124.4012147[1]
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Curry
Founded	1850s
Abandoned	1905
Named for	S.H. Frank Tannery
Elevation [1]	69 ft (21 m)
Lowest elevation (Pacific Ocean)	0 ft (0 m)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (PDT)
ZIP Code	97465
Area codes	541 and 458
License plate	Oregon

Etymology

Frankport was named after the S.H. Frank Tannery in Redwood City, California, where it would ship Notholithocarpus densiflorus bark to.[5]

History

Frankport was founded in the 1850s by gold prospectors from California.[6][7] The town's shipping dock closed in 1905.[5] All that remains of Frankport today is metal debris scattered throughout Frankport Beach.[3][8]

See also

• List of ghost towns in Oregon

References