Clatskanie (/ˈklætskɪnaɪ/ ⓘ) is a city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.

The town was originally called Bryantville after the large family who were among the first filers of Donation Land Claims in the area in 1852-53.

However, the first postmaster, Enoch Conyers, who was married to one of the Bryant daughters, changed the name to Clatskanie after the Tlatskanai Native American tribe.

[5] Many of Clatskanie's inhabitants are of Nordic heritage, specifically Finnish, Swedish, and Norwegian.

[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 1.19 square miles (3.08 km2), all of it land.

30.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 16.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.

22.6% were of German, 10.3% Norwegian, 9.4% Finnish, 9.1% Irish, 8.2% English and 6.8% American ancestry according to Census 2000.

Clatskanie has generally voted Republican in recent years in presidential elections, with the notable exception being Barack Obama in 2008.