Portland, Oregon
Portland is the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the county seat of Multnomah County. As of 2020, about 652,503 people live in the city of Portland, and about 2.5 million people live in the city's metropolitan area. It is in the northern Oregon, where the Willamette River meets the Columbia River. Portland has the second most people of any city in the Northwest United States, after the city of Seattle.
Downtown Portland with Mount Hood in the background and Vista Bridge in the foreground St. Johns Bridge Oregon Convention Center Union Station and U.S. Bancorp Tower Pioneer Courthouse Square Tilikum Crossing | |
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| Coordinates: 45°31′12″N 122°40′55″W / 45.52000°N 122.68194°WCoordinates: 45°31′12″N 122°40′55″W / 45.52000°N 122.68194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| Counties | Multnomah Washington Clackamas |
| Founded | 1845 |
| Incorporated | February 8, 1851 |
| Named for | Portland, Maine[2] |
| Government | |
| • Type | Commission |
| • Mayor | Ted Wheeler[3] (D) |
| • Commissioners | |
| • Auditor | Simone Rede[4] |
| Area | |
| • City | 145.00 sq mi (375.55 km2) |
| • Land | 133.49 sq mi (345.73 km2) |
| • Water | 11.51 sq mi (29.82 km2) |
| • Urban | 519.30 sq mi (1,345.0 km2) |
| Elevation | 161 ft (49 m) |
| Highest elevation | 1,188 ft (362 m) |
| Lowest elevation | 0.62 ft (0.19 m) |
| Population | |
| • City | 652,503 |
| • Rank | 26th in the United States 1st in Oregon |
| • Density | 4,888.10/sq mi (1,887.30/km2) |
| • Urban | 2,104,238 (US: 23rd) |
| • Urban density | 4,052.1/sq mi (1,564.5/km2) |
| • Metro | 2,511,612 (US: 25th) |
| GDP | |
| • Portland (MSA) | $204.3 billion (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| ZIP Codes | List
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| FIPS code | 41-59000 |
| GNIS feature ID | 2411471[6] |
| Website | www |
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Portland has many nicknames. One of these is "The City of Roses," because roses grow well there. Some other nicknames of Portland are "Stumptown" (because Portland was built over a forest), and "Puddletown" (because it often rains in Portland).
Many things are from Portland. Some of these things are Powell's Books, Beverly Cleary (and some of her most popular fictional characters, Henry Huggins and Ramona Quimby, which also have statues in the city's Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children), and the Portland Trail Blazers basketball team.
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Pioneer Courthouse, 1886
Portland, Oregon 1890 Perspective Birds-eye-view Map
Portland waterfront in 1898
Portland's Burnside in 1937 is filled with advertisements for new cars. This is looking west on West Burnside Street from 10th Avenue, as SW Oak Street veers off at left
Aerial view of Portland and its bridges across the Willamette River
George Floyd protests at the Mark O. Hatfield Courthouse, July 2020
Climate chart for Portland
Portland's climate is conducive to the growth of roses. (Pictured: International Rose Test Garden)
The five previous addressing sectors of Portland, prior to the addition of South Portland
Video of Portland's urban growth boundary. The red dots indicate areas of growth between 1986 and 1996.
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References
- ↑ "Portland's City Slogan Wasn't Always "The City That Works"". Willamette Week. 2016. Retrieved February 3, 2024.
- ↑ "Portland: The Town that was Almost Boston". National Association of Scientific Materials Managers. Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved March 7, 2013.
- ↑ "City Home". City of Portland, Oregon. 2017. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
- ↑ "Auditor Simone Rede". City of Portland, Oregon. 2023. Retrieved August 17, 2023.
- ↑ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Portland, Oregon
- ↑ The highest elevation is at 9936 NW Wind Ridge Dr., 45°33′31″N 122°46′43″W / 45.55873°N 122.77854°W. "City of Portland Urban Services Area". Bureau of Planning and Sustainability. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ↑ The lowest elevation historically occurred at low water on January 17, 1937, at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers 45°39′03″N 122°45′46″W / 45.65096°N 122.76289°W. "Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: Portland: Columbia River at Vancouver". Water.weather.gov. Retrieved September 6, 2013.
- ↑ "Census Population API". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
- ↑ "2020 Population and Housing State Data". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
- ↑ "Total Gross Domestic Product for Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA (MSA)". fred.stlouisfed.org.
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