Year: 2022
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10 Interesting Facts About Hillsboro
Facts About Hillsboro Hillsboro is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and is the county seat of Washington County. The first people of the Tualatin Valley were the Atfalati or Tualaty tribe of the Kalapuya, who inhabited the region for up to 10,000 years before white settlers arrived. Hillsboro was incorporated as…
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10 Interesting Facts About Bend, Oregon
Facts About Bend The name “Bend” was derived from “Farewell Bend”, the designation used by early pioneers to refer to the location along the Deschutes River where the town was eventually platted, one of the few fordable points along the river. The elevation of Bend is 3,623 feet, above sea level. The city has a…
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10 Interesting Facts About Springfield, Oregon
Facts About Springfield The first inhabitants of the area were the Kalapuya people. The city of Springfield has a total area of 15.75 square miles, of which, 15.74 square miles is land and 0.01 square miles is water. The community was incorporated as a city in 1885. The city was named after a natural spring…
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10 Interesting Facts About Medford, Oregon
Facts About Medford Medford is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, Oregon, in the United States. The city was named in 1883 by David Loring, civil engineer and right-of-way agent for the Oregon and California Railroad, after Medford, Massachusetts, which was near Loring’s hometown of Concord, Massachusetts. The city has a…
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10 Interesting Facts About Gresham, Oregon
Facts About Gresham Gresham is situated at the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge in Multnomah County. Gresham was named after Walter Quintin Gresham, the American Civil War general and United States Secretary of State. The area now known as Gresham was first settled in 1851 by brothers Jackson and James Powell, who claimed land…
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10 Interesting Facts About Corvallis, Oregon
Facts About Corvallis Corvallis was incorporated as a city on January 29, 1857. Corvallis is home to Oregon State University, which also happens to be the city’s largest employer. The city has a total area of 14.30 square miles, of which 14.13 square miles are land and 0.17 square miles is covered by water. Corvallis…
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10 Interesting Facts About Tigard, Oregon
Facts About Tigard Tigard is officially divided into 13 geographic areas around elementary schools and major transportation routes. The city has a total area of 11.69 square miles, all land. Tigard is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Tigard was Incorporated in 1961, the city is located south of Beaverton and north of…
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10 Interesting Facts About Lake Oswego
Facts About Lake Oswego The town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in 1910. The city has a total area of 11.35 square miles, of which 10.68 square miles are land and 0.67 square miles are covered by water. Oswego and Lake Grove merged in 1959 to form Lake Oswego. Lake Oswego has…
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10 Interesting Facts About Keizer, Oregon
Facts About Keizer The original settlement was at Keizer Bottom, near the banks of the Willamette River. The community was named after Thomas Dove Keizur, one of its first settlers. The John Pugh house is the oldest house in the city, which was built in 1875. The city of Keizer became the 12th largest city…
