Sellwood, Portland, Oregon

Sellwood-Moreland
Neighborhood
Sellwood Park along the Willamette River
Sellwood-Moreland
Coordinates: 45°27′54″N 122°39′00″W / 45.465°N 122.65°W / 45.465; -122.65Coordinates: 45°27′54″N 122°39′00″W / 45.465°N 122.65°W / 45.465; -122.65
Country United States
State Oregon
City Portland
Government
 • Association Sellwood Moreland Improvement League (SMILE)
 • Coalition Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Area
 • Total 1.81 sq mi (4.68 km2)
Population (2000)[1]
 • Total 10,475
 • Density 5,800/sq mi (2,200/km2)
Housing[1]
 • No. of households 5159
 • Occupancy rate 96% occupied
 • Owner-occupied 2682 households (52%)
 • Renting 2477 households (48%)
 • Avg. household size 2.03 persons

Sellwood-Moreland is a neighborhood on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in Southeast Portland, Oregon, bordering Westmoreland to the north, Eastmoreland to the east, and the city of Milwaukie to the south. The neighborhood is linked to Southwest Portland across the Willamette by the Sellwood Bridge, the southernmost of Portland's bridges.

History

Sellwood originated as an independent city, as a rival of nearby early Portland on the 1,320-acre (5.3 km2) Donation Land Claim of Reverend John Sellwood, who sold the claim in 1882 to the Sellwood Real Estate Company.[2] The town of Sellwood was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on February 25, 1889.[3] It was annexed by the city of Portland in 1893.

Features

The Sellwood-Moreland Library

Sellwood has an amusement park named Oaks Park along the river. A bike trail next to railroad tracks above the river is accessible from Sellwood, and links Milwaukie and downtown Portland. The Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge was established in 1988 and has allowed the preservation and protection of numerous species. Walking trails go through the park, traversing woods, meadow and marshland.

Milwaukie Avenue and SE 13th Avenue are the locations of many restaurants, Moreland Theater, specialty retail and neighborhood stores, upscale antique shops, and other stores.

See also

  • Sellwood, Portland, Oregon portal

References

  1. 1 2 Demographics (2000)
  2. ↑ Snyder, Eugene E.. Portland Names and Neighborhoods: Their Historic Origin. Portland: Binford & Mort, 1979. p. 202.
  3. ↑ Baker, Frank C. (1891). "Special Laws". The Laws of Oregon, and the Resolutions and Memorials of the Sixteenth Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly Thereof. Salem, Oregon: State Printer: 1007.
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