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Maywood Park is a city in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. The name came from a comment made by the wife of the man who developed the original subdivision, E. F. Taylor, who remarked one winter night how attractive the woods were in May.
The National Register of Historic Places recognizes buildings, structures, objects, sites, and districts of national, state, or local historic significance across the United States. [1] Out of over 90,000 National Register sites nationwide, [2] Oregon is home to over 2,000, [3] and over one-fourth of those are found in Multnomah County. In turn ...
The land that would house Maywood Park was purchased by Arthur T. Galt for $64,000 in 1922 (adjusted for inflation this was more than $968,000 in 2019). [3] Per a 1953 United States Tax Court ruling: "In 1931 the property was leased to the Cook County Fair Association, which constructed a spectators' grandstand and a one-half mile dirt oval track for harness races.
Neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, United States Parkrose Neighborhood Location in Portland Coordinates: 45°33′26″N 122°32′51″W / 45.55719°N 122.54745°W / 45.55719; -122.54745 PDF map Country United States State Oregon City Portland Government • Association Parkrose Neighborhood Association • Coalition East Portland Neighborhood Office Area • Total 1.85 sq mi (4.80 ...
The 1968 voters' pamphlet noted that Multnomah County would be the only county in Oregon affected by the measure and voters approved the referendum in the 1968 general election. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Since the approval of Measure 5 in 1968, an initiative to merge the county with Portland has been considered and placed on the county ballot several times.
Map of the United States with Oregon highlighted Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. As of the 2020 U.S. census, it is the 27th-most populous state, with 4,237,256 inhabitants, and ranked 10th by land area, spanning 95,988 square miles (248,610 km 2) of land. Oregon is divided into 36 counties and contains 241 incorporated cities. Approximately 71 percent of ...
Mt. Hood Community College (MHCC) is a public community college in Gresham, Oregon, United States, named after Mount Hood.Opened in 1966, MHCC enrolls around 30,000 students each year and offers classes at the 212-acre (86 ha) main campus in Gresham, as well as the Maywood Park Center in Portland, the Bruning Center for Allied Health Education (also in Gresham), and at area public schools.
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 ]