Oregon City, Oregon

E65884

city county seat

Oregon City, Oregon is a historic city near Portland that served as the original capital of the Oregon Territory and is known as one of the earliest incorporated cities west of the Rocky Mountains.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → county seat →
areaCode	503 → 971 →
capitalFrom	1848 →
capitalUntil	1851 →
climate	Mediterranean climate →
country	United States →
county	Clackamas County, Oregon →
distanceTo	approximately 13 miles southeast of downtown Portland →
elevationAboveSeaLevel	approximately 141 feet →
FIPSCode	41-55550 →
foundingEra	1840s →
GNISFeatureID	1146990 →
governmentType	council–manager government →
hasEducationalInstitution	Clackamas Community College →
hasHistoricBuilding	Oregon City Municipal Elevator upper platform building →
hasHistoricDistrict	Oregon City Historic District →
hasHistoricSite	End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center → McLoughlin House → Willamette Falls →
hasIndustryHistory	paper mills at Willamette Falls →
hasMuseum	Museum of the Oregon Territory →
hasPark	Canemah Bluff Nature Park → Clackamette Park →
hasPopulation	approximately 37,000 (early 2020s) →
heritageDesignation	historic city →
incorporatedIn	1844 →
isCountySeatOf	Clackamas County, Oregon →
knownFor	early Pacific Northwest industrial development → role in Oregon Trail history →
KöppenClimateClassification	Csb →
locatedInRegion	Pacific Northwest →
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone →
locatedInValley	Willamette Valley →
locatedNear	Portland, Oregon →
locatedOnRiver	Willamette River →
namedAfter	Oregon Country →
notableAs	one of the earliest incorporated cities west of the Rocky Mountains →
originallyPlattedBy	John McLoughlin →
partOfMetropolitanArea	Portland metropolitan area →
postalCode	97045 →
state	Oregon →
transportInfrastructure	Interstate 205 (nearby) → Oregon City Municipal Elevator → Oregon Route 99E →
wasCapitalOf	Oregon Territory →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Portland metropolitan area → Western Oregon →	containsCity
Clackamas County, Oregon →	contains
Clackamas County, Oregon →	countySeat
Queen City of the Trails →	relatedPlace
Clackamas County, Oregon →	seat
Interstate 205 →	servesCity