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The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area with its core in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. [2] [3] It has 5 principal cities, the largest being Portland, Oregon. [4]
Portland (/ ˈ p ɔːr t l ə n d / PORT-lənd) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon, located in the Pacific Northwest region. Situated in the northwestern area of the state at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
Washington County is one of 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon and part of the Portland metropolitan area. The 2020 census recorded the population as 600,372, [ 1 ] making it the second most populous county in the state and most populous " Washington County " in the United States.
The Belmont Area, a retail and residential area in the Buckman, Sunnyside, and Mt. Tabor neighborhoods; Dunthorpe, an affluent unincorporated enclave just beyond the city limits, north of Lake Oswego; Unincorporated areas near Portland proper in Washington County (unincorporated neighborhoods expanding into Washington County) Bethany; Cedar Hills
The City of Portland purchased the original 40.78 acres (16.50 hectares) of Washington Park in 1871 from Amos King for $32,624, a controversially high price for the time. [1] [3] The area, designated "City Park", was a wilderness with few roads.
Bethany is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Oregon, United States. It is situated north of U.S. Route 26 and Oak Hills, near Beaverton, approximately four miles northwest of Cedar Mill, and is within the Portland metropolitan area.
Clackamas is part of the Portland Metropolitan Area and lies approximately 10 miles (16 km) southeast of downtown Portland and to the east of Interstate 205 along Oregon Routes 212 and 224 and to the north of the Clackamas River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.1 square miles (5.4 km 2), all of it ...
Interstate 205 (I-205) is an auxiliary Interstate Highway in the Portland metropolitan area of Oregon and Washington, United States.The north–south freeway serves as a bypass route of I-5 along the east side of Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington.