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Oak Grove, OR - History
We would like to provide the residents of Oak Grove a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Oak Grove Home page. The Oak Grove Home page provides as much information as possible on Oak Grove. Knowing Oak Grove’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Oak Grove’s Home page, you will also find Oak Grove’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Oak Grove has a population of 17781. 51.4% of Oak Grove’s inhabitants are Male, and 48.6 are female. 43.8% of Oak Grove is married and 64.5% own their own home. The Average Home price is $350,321, and the average rent is $1,389. Household median income in Oak Grove is $66,809, and the individual median income is $36,287. Oak Grove’s Ethnic is the following: White(87.8%), Hispanic(9.6%), Multiple(5.8%), Other(3.5%), Asian(1.3%), Black(0.9%), Native(0.6%), Pacific(0.1%).
Oak Grove was named at the suggestion of Edward W. Cornell, a member of the surveying party that platted the townsite in the 1890s. The company that was developing the property had not been able to come up with a good name for the place, and Cornell suggested "Oak Grove" after a crew ate lunch in a stand of oak trees in the northwestern part of the tract.The area was served first from the Milwaukie post office.
In 1904, Creighton post office was established, named for Susan Creighton, on whose donation land claim the office stood. Postal authorities did not name the office "Oak Grove" in order to avoid duplication. There had once been an Oak Grove post office in Josephine County. The first postmaster was noted Oregon botanist Thomas J.
Howell.Oak Grove railroad station was originally named "Center", and another station, St. Theresa, was originally named "Oak Grove". In order to prevent confusion, in 1907 the Post Office Department changed the name of the post office to "Oak Grove", and the Center railroad station was renamed to match.
The railroad no longer passes through the community.Concord School is a historic building and former school (Concord Elementary School) in Oak Grove. Oak Grove is home to a LINCC library operated by Clackamas County.
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