The Clatskanie-Vernonia Justice court has another location at 1001 Bridge Street, Vernonia with the same Phone number and PO Box. This court has jurisdiction over all of Clatskanie School District that lies within Columbia County and all of the Vernonia School District that lies within Columbia County.

Clatskanie was named after a tribe of American Indians, who lived in the hills south of the Clatskanie River in the upper Nehalem Valley. Although there were previous settlements in Columbia county; In the middle of the nineteenth century, settlers traveled by boat down the Columbia River to settle this area. They were greeted with thickly forested hills encompassing a small grassland area. The town was originally named Bryantville after one of these settlers. It became part of Clatskanie when Columbia County was formed from part Washington and Clatsop Counties several years later. The official post office was established in Clatskanie in the early 1870's.

Would you believe it? There are four judges presiding over the Clatskanie - Vernonia Justice Court