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Map of Portland, Oregon's five sections, prior to the creation of South Portland in 2020. Portland, Oregon is divided into six sections: North Portland, Northeast Portland, Northwest Portland, South Portland, Southeast Portland, and Southwest Portland. There are 95 officially recognized neighborhoods, each of which is represented by a volunteer ...
The Barber Block was built in 1889–90 in East Portland.. East Portland was a city in the U.S. state of Oregon that was consolidated into Portland in 1891. In modern usage, the term generally refers to the portion of present-day Portland that lies east of 82nd Avenue, most of which the City of Portland annexed in the 1980s and 1990s.
Portion of Umpqua County which lay east of the Coast Range summit: Named for senator Stephen A. Douglas, a supporter of Oregon's admission to the union. 112,435: 5,037 sq mi (13,046 km 2) Gilliam County: 021: Condon: 1885: Eastern third of Wasco County: Named for Oregon pioneer Cornelius Gilliam (1798–1848). 2,026: 1,204 sq mi (3,118 km 2 ...
Oregon Route 99E is an Oregon state highway that runs between Junction City, Oregon and an interchange with I-5 just south of the Oregon/Washington border, in Portland. It, along with OR 99W, makes up a split of OR 99 in the northern part of the state. This split existed when the route was U.S. Route 99, when the two branches were U.S. 99W and ...
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 close to northwest Oregon at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the county seat of Multnomah County, Oregon's most populous county.
This 1911 library, designed by Portland architect A.E. Doyle and built with funding from the Carnegie Foundation, became one of the earliest public library branches outside downtown Portland. It has since been converted to an office building. [14] 24: East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District: East Portland Grand Avenue Historic District
East County is a region of Multnomah County, Oregon, in the Portland metropolitan area. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is generally defined as being the entirety of Multnomah County east of Portland . [ 3 ]
In 1845, Oregon Trail pioneer James B. Stephens laid claim to 640 acres (260 ha) across the Willamette River from the then-newly established Portland townsite. [2] The land had been controlled by John McLoughlin of the Hudson's Bay Company, [3] [4]: 2 and its location along the east bank of the river—with its marshes, creeks, and sloughs—made development challenging.