Rockwood, Gresham, Oregon

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Coordinates: 45°31′08″N 122°28′37″W / 45.51889°N 122.47694°W / 45.51889; -122.47694 Rockwood is a neighborhood in the northwest section of Gresham, Oregon, bounded on the west by 162nd Avenue, on the north by the Columbia River, on the east by 202nd Avenue/Birdsdale Avenue, and on the south by SE Division.[1] It is situated at an elevation of 76 meters (249 ft).[2]

History

In the late 19th century, a stone marker was placed every mile east of the courthouse in Portland, resulting in a "Base Line Road" along the Willamette Baseline: Rockwood developed at the 10-mile mark, in a rocky and wooded area that was later the inspiration for the name of the community.[3] A Ten-Mile Inn located in present-day Rockwood became a stagecoach stop, a junction that also attracted a school, a grange hall, a church, a grocery store, among other businesses.[3]

The Rockwood area was annexed by Gresham in the mid-1980s.[3]

Demographics

Rockwood has the highest poverty levels in east Multnomah County[4] About nine out of 10 students at the two elementary schools in the area receive federally subsidized meals.[5]

Public services

Since 2003, a 1,200-acre (490 ha) area of Rockwood has been included in a Gresham-Rockwood Urban Renewal Area.[3]

Rockwood is served by the Rockwood / East 188th Avenue light-rail station on the MAX Blue Line. The neighborhood has been the site of a branch of the Multnomah County Library since 1963.[6]

In April 2010, decades after a 1960s state law required Multnomah County to provide a court services in Gresham for residents east of 122nd Avenue, the county's Board of Commissioners approving a resolution that and calls for the construction of a courthouse in Rockwood by 2012.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Rockwood Community Area Boundaries from the Rockwood Business Coalition
  2. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Rockwood, Gresham, Oregon
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Rockwood Urban Renewal from the city of Gresham's website
  4. ↑ Help planned for aching Rockwood neighborhood, a September 7, 2010 article from the Daily Journal of Commerce
  5. ↑
  6. ↑ Rockwood Library from the Multnomah County Library website
  7. ↑ Commissioners approve building of east Multnomah County courts facility, an April 22, 2010 article from The Oregonian

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