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South Oakdale Historic District. / 42.316212°N 122.874438°W / 42.316212; -122.874438. The South Oakdale Historic District comprises a primarily residential area along South Oakdale Avenue in Medford, Oregon, United States. Development of this well-preserved residential neighborhood began in 1890, soon after Medford's founding in 1883 ...
1947-04-15. Escaped prisoner shot and fatally wounded an Oregon State Police officer. Murder of Thelma Taylor. Portland. 1949-08-06. Teenager abducted and murdered. Jeannace June Freeman. 1961. Murdered two children of her lover, first woman sentenced to death in Oregon.
Jackson County, Oregon. / 42.42°N 122.74°W / 42.42; -122.74. Jackson County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 223,259. [ 1] The county seat is Medford. [ 2][ 3] The county is named for Andrew Jackson, the seventh president of the United States.
According to several historians, the U.S. state of Oregon contains over 200 ghost towns. [ 1][ 2] Professor and historian Stephen Arndt has counted a total of 256 ghost towns in the state, some well known, others "really obscure." [ 3] The high number of ghost towns and former communities in the state is largely due to its frontier history and ...
97501, 97504. Area codes. 541, 458. FIPS code. 41-47000. Website. medfordoregon.gov. Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. [ 3] As of the 2020 United States Census on April 1, 2020, the city had a total population of 85,824, making it the eighth-most populous city in Oregon, and a metropolitan ...
The USCB includes Medford and Grants Pass as a combined statistical area called the Medford–Grants Pass, Oregon Combined Statistical Area, comprising both Jackson and Josephine counties. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The area's population was estimated at 285,919 in 2010, making it the second largest combined statistical area and the fourth largest ...
The following table of United States cities by crime rate is based on Federal Bureau of Investigation Uniform Crime Reports (UCR) statistics from 2019 for the 100 most populous cities in America that have reported data to the FBI UCR system. [1] The population numbers are based on U.S. Census estimates for the year end.
Crime in Oregon. The rate of crime in Oregon, at least since 1985, has varied from below the United States national average to slightly above, depending on if one is looking at violent crime or property crime statistics. The violent crime rate remained below the national average every year between 1985 and 2022, while property crime generally ...