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Oregon, OH - History
We would like to provide the residents of Oregon a basic history overview.
Welcome to the Oregon Home page. The Oregon Home page provides as much information as possible on Oregon. Knowing Oregon’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Oregon’s Home page, you will also find Oregon’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.
Oregon has a population of 20007. 48.1% of Oregon’s inhabitants are Male, and 51.9 are female. 50.1% of Oregon is married and 73.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $149,170, and the average rent is $664. Household median income in Oregon is $62,409, and the individual median income is $30,927. Oregon’s Ethnic is the following: White(89.2%), Hispanic(7.6%), Multiple(4.7%), Other(2.1%), Black(2%), Asian(1.2%), Native(0.6%), Pacific(0.1%).
Oregon was once part of the Great Black Swamp. The swamp area was rich with oak, hickory, ash, walnut, elm and maple trees. This led to the establishment of numerous sawmills and settlements. The harvested forests created rich farmland, but the area remained swampy and there was a need for storm drainage.
Major ditches were constructed, usually along roadways that followed the path of old Indian trails. These ditches continue to provide storm drainage today, carrying storm water into Maumee Bay. "The town was named Oregon by Pierre M. Irving, a nephew of Washington Irving, author of the popular book Astoria.
This book attracted considerable interest in John Jacob Astor's trading lands which were located in what is now the city of Oregon. The story, however, is an account of Astor's fur trading in the territory of Oregon; but since the nephew was representing Astor's interest in fur trading east of the Maumee River, he succeeded in having the town named Oregon.
In 1838, Mr. Irving, accompanied by his wife, went to New York expecting to remain there for the summer; but for some reason he never returned." Quoted in the "History of Oregon and Jerusalem" book, authored by Josephine Fassett. The first government was Oregon Township, formed in 1838. The land was surveyed and there were public sales for settlements.
The area that was the township, is now the City of Oregon, which is bounded on the west by the City of Toledo, the North by Maumee Bay/Lake Erie, on the east by Jerusalem Township (Lucas County) and on the South by the City of Northwood (Wood County). In 1856 the township took ownership of two cemeteries which remain owned by the City today. The 1800s and 1900s saw the development of an extensive rail system.
The Port of Toledo began operations on the south bank of the Maumee River in the early 1800s and developed port operations on the Maumee Bay in Oregon in 1955. These operations continue in the Northwest area of the city. Because of the water, rail, and surface transportation access available in the city, two major refineries, British Petroleum (BP) and Sun Marketing opened in Oregon around the turn of the century.
These two refineries have historically been two of the city's largest employers.. The northwestern end of the city grew as an industrial center with a coal powered electrical generating facility and several chemical plants. Pipelines were laid to carry petroleum products to and from the port facilities and other regions.
Buckeye Pipeline has the largest pipeline distribution system in Oregon. As industrialization continued, commercial and residential growth followed. Generally, urban growth continued eastward from Interstate 280 - one of the nation's first Interstates. Recently, residential growth has also occurred south of Maumee Bay in the waterfront areas and with perimeter development in the more rural areas. In 1954 Oregon Township trustees sought to zone the area.
At about the same time, City of Toledo officials sought to annex the northwest industrial area of Oregon Township. The annexation failed, and in 1957 there was an election for Oregon to become an incorporated city. The vote was 3,660 in favor and 2,925 opposed. A key issue in incorporation was to have Oregon own and operate a water and a wastewater plant. The City of Oregon adopted their Charter in 1958.
The new city adopted a slogan of "City of Opportunity." In the mid 1980s, the city added Oregon on the Bay to the City of Opportunity. In 1959 voters approved an "earnings tax" now known as the municipal income tax. The water plant was constructed in 1964 and currently over 90% of the land in Oregon is serviced with waterlines.
Plans for an estimated $17.9 million in improvements to the water plant continued in 1998. The original water plant was paid for by a combination of local and federal funds. The city also has a wastewater treatment plant, constructed in 1977, with local and federal funds, which can process up to eight million gallons per day.
In 1997 a major upgrade to the wastewater plant was completed. Approximately one-third of the land in the city is serviced by sanitary sewer lines. The city's water and wastewater operations also service portions of Jerusalem Township, northern Wood County and northwest Ottawa County.The first Marco's Pizza was established in Oregon in 1978.
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