Tillamook, Oregon Tillamook, Oregon Aerial view of Tillamook Aerial view of Tillamook County Tillamook The town/city of Tillamook / t l m k/ is the governmental center of county of Tillamook County, Oregon, United States.
The town/city is positioned on the southeast end of Tillamook Bay on the Pacific Ocean.
5.1.1 Tillamook Air Museum 5.1.2 Tillamook Cheese Factory The town/city is titled for the Tillamook citizens , a Native American tribe speaking a Salishan language who lived in this region until the early 19th century.
Anthropologist Franz Boas identifies the Tillamook Indians as the southernmost branch of the Coast Salish citizens s of the Pacific Northwest.
The name Tillamook, he says, is of Chinook origin, and refers to the citizens of a locality known as Elim or Kelim.
They spoke Tillamook, a combination of two dialects.
Tillamook culture differed from that of the northern Coast Salish, Boas says, and might have been influenced by tribal cultures to the south, in what is now northern California. According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 1.7 square miles (4.40 km2), all of it land. The Tillamook region is also home to five rivers, the Tillamook, Trask, Wilson, Kilchis, and the Miami just north of the city.
Tillamook has a climate that lies between the cool-summer Mediterranean climate (csb) and the oceanic climate (cfb).
Tillamook has a mild and wet climate with very little cyclic temperature variation due to its adjacency to the Pacific Ocean.
Between April and October, the rain in Tillamook is comparatively lighter, but still remains much wetter than the populace centers in the Willamette Valley.
Tillamook's annual rain averages about 88 inches (2,200 mm) compared to only 36 inches (910 mm) in Portland.
Summers in Tillamook are brief and mild with average daytime temperatures in the upper 60s, although daytime temperatures can occasionally soar into the 80s and 90s for days at a time.
Summer is by far the driest season in Tillamook with only 1.35 inches (34 mm) and 1.33 inches of precipitation falling in July and August, in the order given.
Climate data for Tillamook, Oregon There were 2,037 homeholds of which 33.5% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 39.9% were married couples living together, 13.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.1% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 41.5% were non-families.
As of the census of 2000, there were 4,352 citizens , 1,758 homeholds, and 1,105 families residing in the city.
There were 1,758 homeholds out of which 33.3% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 44.7% were married couples living together, 12.5% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.1% were non-families.
In the city, the populace dispersal was 29.2% under the age of 18, 9.4% from 18 to 24, 28.1% from 25 to 44, 19.6% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older.
Historically, the Tillamook economy has been based primarily on dairy farms.
The farmland encircling the town/city is used for grazing the milk cattle that supply the Tillamook County Creamery Association's manufacturing of cheese, especially cheddar, gourmet ice cream and yogurt, and other dairy products.
Approximately one million citizens visit the cheese factory (located north of Tillamook on Highway 101) each year. The lumber trade also is experiencing a comeback from the replanting that followed the Tillamook Burn forest fires of the mid-20th century.
Burned remains of some of the trees can still be found in the forests encircling Tillamook.
Tillamook also serves tourists on their way to the ocean beaches and as a locale for second homes.
Tillamook Air Museum The Tillamook Air Museum, which features over 15 airplane , an Exhibit Hall with rare state of war and aviation-themed artifacts, is positioned just south of the city.
It is homed in a wooden WWII blimp hangar that was once a part of Naval Air Station Tillamook.
Tillamook Cheese Factory Tillamook Creamery and Museum Inside the Tillamook Cheese Factory Tillamook plant small cheese block refining lines The Tillamook Cheese Factory, positioned at 4185 U.S.
101 North in Tillamook, Oregon, is the Tillamook County Creamery Association's initial cheese manufacturing facility.
The Tillamook Cheese Factory also serves as a Visitor Center and hosts over 1 million tourists each year.
The town/city is served by the Tillamook School District.
Tillamook is home to seven schools and one college.
Tillamook High School, Tillamook Junior High School, Wilson River School (Alternate Education), Trask River High School, East Elementary School, South Prairie Elementary School, Liberty Elementary School, and it contains the Tillamook Bay Community College.
With a unique morning show and an interview section from 9:30 10:00 titled "Tillamook Today", which interviews small-town officials, company owners, and other individuals discussing what is presently going on inside the county. Tillamook Airport Tillamook County Transportation District Port of Tillamook Bay Railroad "Savoring Tillamook's Cheese and Coastal Beauty".
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