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We would like to provide the residents of  Oregon City  a basic history overview.


Welcome to the Oregon City Home page. The Oregon City Home page provides as much information as possible on Oregon City. Knowing Oregon City’s history is essential to guiding its future. Within Oregon City’s Home page, you will also find Oregon City’s Founders, Holiday, and Birthday sections.

Oregon City has a population of 37057. 49.4% of Oregon City’s inhabitants are Male, and 50.6 are female. 51.7% of Oregon City is married and 65.8% own their own home. The Average Home price is $382,010, and the average rent is $1,314. Household median income in Oregon City is $81,039, and the individual median income is $39,468. Oregon City’s Ethnic is the following: White(91.7%), Hispanic(5.1%), Multiple(4.5%), Native(1.1%), Asian(1%), Other(1%), Black(0.7%).


The town became the see city of the first Roman Catholic archdiocese in the western United States, when the diocese of Oregon City, established in 1846, was raised to metropolitan rank, with Archbishop François Norbert Blanchet as its ordinary. Its territory included all of the western United States.


The population in the area of Oregon City declined due to the California Gold Rush. The population of nearby Portland grew, and the headquarters of the archdiocese was moved there in 1926. In 1928 the name Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon replaced the former name. No longer a residential bishopric, Oregon City is now a titular see.


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