Oak Grove, Oregon
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| Oak Grove, Oregon | |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| County | Clackamas |
| Area | |
| - Total | 3.2 sq mi (8.2 km²) |
| - Land | 2.9 sq mi (7.6 km²) |
| - Water | 0.2 sq mi (0.6 km²) |
| Elevation | 184 ft (56 m) |
| Population (2000) | |
| - Total | 12,808 |
| - Density | 4,379.6/sq mi (1,691.0/km²) |
| Time zone | Pacific (PST) (UTC-8) |
| - Summer (DST) | PDT (UTC-7) |
| ZIP codes | 97222, 97267, 97268 |
| Area code(s) | 503 |
| FIPS code | 41-53900[1] |
| GNIS feature ID | 1136591[2] |
Oak Grove is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Oak Grove as a census-designated place (CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The population was 12,808 at the 2000 census.
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The town began to take off at the beginning of the 20th century and many businesses, homes, and streets were built about this time. Oak Grove owes much of its initial growth to the fact that a street car line went down the middle of the town and the Oregon Trail finished a few miles away in Oregon City. Some of the campfire burns from the wagon trains are still visible on the trees. The street car line went from Portland to Oregon City but closed in the 1950s. Some of the tracks used to be visible on Arista Drive, but they are still visible on a nature trail and a pillar from an old stop is visible outside the current Oak Grove School. Oak Grove School was originally built in 1907 but it burned down about 20 years later.
A school was erected in the 1930s with an addition in the 1960s. In the sixties, another school was built was known as North Oak Grove. Oak Grove school was closed in 1999 and all the students shifted to North Oak Grove which was thereafter known as Oak Grove. The former Oak Grove school is still used by the district as a charter school for gifted students and one for bilingual education in Spanish and English. The downtown of Oak Grove began to die in the 1950s when McLoughlin was built as a major thoroughfare and directed the business and traffic away. Many stores sit along the street and it is known as a very important shopping area for Clackamas County. One of the famous sites along McLoughlin used to be the Holly Farm. This farm sent holly around the world for Christmas time and was paved over and replaced with the Holly Farm Mall.
Oak Grove often receives attempts by the city of Milwaukie, Oregon to annex it and turn it into a part of Milwaukie. This has always been rebuffed by Oak Grove and the area currently remains unincorporated. The regional government Metro tried to increase the population density of the area and had plans to raise the population of Oak Grove from 12,000 to 60,000. This did not appeal to the area's residents who raised questions about where all the people would go and whether the ground could take all this extra infrastructure since Oak Grove was formerly a swamp.
[edit] Geography
Oak Grove is located at (45.416641, -122.638903)[3].
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 3.2 square miles (8.2 km²), of which, 2.9 square miles (7.6 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.6 km²) of it (7.57%) is water.
[edit] Demographics
As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 12,808 people, 5,641 households, and 3,249 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 4,379.6 people per square mile (1,693.6/km²). There were 6,015 housing units at an average density of 2,056.8/sq mi (795.3/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 91.47% White, 0.56% African American, 0.78% Native American, 1.79% Asian, 0.10% Pacific Islander, 2.55% from other races, and 2.75% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.89% of the population.
There were 5,641 households out of which 24.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 42.4% were non-families. 35.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 18.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.24 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 21.5% under the age of 18, 7.5% from 18 to 24, 27.5% from 25 to 44, 23.3% from 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 40 years. For every 100 females there were 89.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 85.8 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $40,530, and the median income for a family was $49,141. Males had a median income of $36,867 versus $29,877 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $22,643. About 6.6% of families and 8.8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 14.1% of those under age 18 and 7.0% of those age 65 or over.
[edit] References
- ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
- ^ US Gazetteer files: 2000 and 1990. United States Census Bureau (2005-05-03). Retrieved on 2008-01-31.
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