Cherryville, Oregon
Cherryville is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.[1] It is about six miles east of Sandy on U.S. Route 26,[2] near the route of the Barlow Road.[3]
The name of the community is said to have come from the wild cherries that grew in the area.[4] Cherryville post office was established in 1884 and closed in 1958.[4] In 1915 Cherryville had a population of 50, a public school, and a church.[5] The church building is now gone, but the church cemetery still exists.[3]
References
- ^ "Cherryville". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 29. ISBN 0-89933-347-8.
- ^ a b "Clackamas County, Oregon". Pioneer History to about 1900: Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest. Northwest College of the Bible. Retrieved 2010-12-30.
- ^ a b McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 195. ISBN 978-0875952772.
- ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 621. ISBN 0-87004-332-3.
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