Sellwood, Portland, Oregon

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Sellwood-Moreland, Portland, Oregon
Neighborhood representation
Association Sellwood Moreland Improvement League (SMILE)
Coalition Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Neighborhood geography
Area 4.68 km² (PDF map)
Location Interactive map
Demographics (2000)
Population 10475 (density 2238/km²)
Households 5159 (96% occupied)
Owned 2682 (52%)
Rented 2477 (48%)
Size 2.03 persons (average)

Sellwood-Moreland is a neighborhood on a bluff overlooking the Willamette River in Southeast Portland, Oregon, bordering Westmoreland to the north, Eastmoreland to the east, and the city of Milwaukie to the south. Sellwood originated as an independent city, a rival of early Portland, and was incorporated by the Oregon Legislative Assembly on February 25, 1889.[1] It was annexed in 1893.

The neighborhood is linked to Southwest Portland across the Willamette by the Sellwood Bridge, the southernmost of Portland's bridges. The bridge is due for a costly replacement or renovation.

Sellwood has an amusement park named Oaks Park, many restaurants, and many upscale antique shops along the Antique Row on SE 13th Avenue.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Baker, Frank C. (1891). "Special Laws". The Laws of Oregon, and the Resolutions and Memorials of the Sixteenth Regular Session of the Legislative Assembly Thereof (Salem, Oregon: State Printer): 1007. http://books.google.com/books?id=Yr2wAAAAIAAJ&dq=oregon%20legislature%20hillsboro%20incorporation&lr=&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a&pg=PA1007&ci=404%2C667%2C120%2C35&source=bookclip. 

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Coordinates: 45°27′54″N 122°39′00″W / 45.465°N 122.65°W / 45.465; -122.65