Lower Columbia · OR
St. Helens
A Columbia River town named for the mountain across the water.
- Population
- 13,817 (2020 census)
- Founded
- 1845
- Incorporated
- 1889
Then
- 1805
Lewis and Clark camp here on November 5.
- 1845
Captain Henry Knighton founds the town as Plymouth.
- 1850
It is renamed for its view of Mount St. Helens.
- 1889
St. Helens incorporates.
- 1998
The riverfront stars in Disney's Halloweentown.
Now
St. Helens is the Columbia County seat, on the Columbia just north of where Multnomah Channel joins it, about 28 miles from Portland.
2 tide stations around St. Helens
- Saint Helensin town
- Multnomah Channel3.7 mi