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Location of Clackamas County in Oregon. This list presents the full set of buildings, structures, objects, sites, or districts designated on the National Register of Historic Places in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, and offers brief descriptive information about each of them.
The Clackamas people once occupied the land that later became Lake Oswego, [7] but diseases transmitted by European explorers and traders killed most of the natives. Before the influx of non-native people via the Oregon Trail, the area between the Willamette River and Tualatin River had a scattering of early pioneer homesteads and farms.
As of 2021, the boundary for the district contains portions of Clackamas and Multnomah counties. The district includes most of Lake Oswego as well as parts of Tigard and Durham and the South Waterfront neighborhood of South Portland. The current representative for the district is Democrat Daniel Nguyen of Lake Oswego. [1] [2]
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]
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 ...
Pacific processes seafood products from Alaska to Mexico, [4] has facilities in seven Western states and participates in the global seafood trade market. It is a member of the West Coast Seafood Processors Association [5] and is active in supporting fisheries awarded Marine Stewardship Council eco-labels.
The district was created in 1982 when Oregon was granted a new congressional district as a result of reapportionment from the 1980 census. Denny Smith, who had represented Oregon's 2nd congressional district in the previous Congress, was re-elected in the 5th district in 1982 after it absorbed most of the western portion of the old 2nd.
Originally, the area was part of what became Yamhill County, but was transferred to the current Clackamas County in 1855. [6] The first post office was established in 1876 with the name Boones Ferry. [6] Wilsonville became the name of the community on June 3, 1880, [7] named after the first postmaster, Charles Wilson. [8]