Oregon Central Coast · OR

Depoe Bay

Six acres of harbor, billed as the world's smallest.

Population
1,515 (2020 census)
Harbor
6 acres
Incorporated
1973

Then

  1. 1894

    Land around the bay is allotted to Charles Depoe, a Siletz chief and tribal judge.

  2. 1973

    Depoe Bay incorporates.

  3. 2011

    The Tōhoku tsunami damages the port.

  4. 2017

    On August 21, Depoe Bay is among the first places in the US to see the total eclipse.

Now

The city promotes its six-acre bay as the "world's smallest navigable harbor."

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