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Oregon City, at the end of the Oregon Trail, was the Oregon Territory's first incorporated city, and was its first capital from 1848 until 1852, when the capital was moved to Salem. Bend , near the geographic center of the state, is one of the ten fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States.
Oregon became the 33rd state of the U.S. on February 14, 1859. Today, with 4.2 million people over 98,000 square miles (250,000 km 2), Oregon is the ninth largest and 27th most populous U.S. state. The capital, Salem, is the third-most populous city in Oregon, with 175,535 residents. [9] Portland, with 652,503, ranks as the 26th among U.S. cities.
Named for Thomas Hart Benton, senator and advocate of U.S. annexation of the Oregon Country. 97,713: 676 sq mi (1,751 km 2) Clackamas County: 005: Oregon City: 1843: One of the original four districts of the Oregon Country: Named for the Clackamas people, a local Native American tribe. 423,173: 1,868 sq mi (4,838 km 2) Clatsop County: 007 ...
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Southward view from Ecola State Park, Northern Oregon Coast Map of the Oregon Coast. The Oregon Coast is a coastal region of the U.S. state of Oregon.It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean to its west and the Oregon Coast Range to the east, and stretches approximately 362 miles (583 km) from the California state border in the south to the Columbia River in the north.
Geography of Oregon. Oregon is: a U.S. state, a federal state of the United States of America; Location Northern hemisphere; Western hemisphere. Americas. North America. Anglo America; Northern America. United States of America. Contiguous United States. Western United States. West Coast of the United States; Northwestern United States; Pacific ...
Central Oregon is a geographic region in the U.S. state of Oregon and is traditionally considered to be made up of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. Other definitions include larger areas, often encompassing areas to the north towards the Columbia River , eastward towards Burns , or south towards Klamath Falls .
Region Location Map Principal communities Population Notes Central Oregon: Deschutes, Crook, Jefferson counties : Bend, Redmond, Madras, Prineville: 219,564 (2015 est ...