Cherry Grove, Oregon
{{Short description| Unincorporated community in the state of Oregon, United States}}
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Cherry Grove is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Cherry Grove is situated on the north bank of the Tualatin River near where it exits the Northern Oregon Coast Range and enters Patton Valley.
History
Cherry Grove was founded by Swedish immigrant August Lovegren in 1911. He had previously operated a lumber mill in Preston, Washington, after arriving in the United States in 1883. He wanted a name for the community that was connected with fruit growing, but his choice of "Appleton" was already taken by a place in Oregon. His cousin then suggested the name of her home of Cherry Grove, Minnesota.
Lovegren established a sawmill in the community and in September 1911 began operating a private electricity grid in Cherry Grove.{{cite news|title=Locally owned plants generated county's first electricity|last=Richert-Boe|first=Paul|date=1977-07-19|work=The Oregonian|page=B4W}} He used the sawmill's boiler in the operation, and in September 1913 completed a dam on the Tualatin River to create a large log retention pond. In January 1914, a flood destroyed both the dam and the boiler, leaving the community without electricity until Portland General Electric added service in 1935. Cherry Grove's post office ran from 1912 through 1959 when service was transferred to Gaston.{{cite book
| last = McArthur
| first = Lewis A.
| author-link = Lewis A. McArthur
|author2=Lewis L. McArthur
|author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur
| title = Oregon Geographic Names
| orig-year = 1928
| edition = Seventh
| year = 2003
| publisher = Oregon Historical Society Press
| isbn = 0-87595-277-1
}}{{cite news|title=Business and Industry: Post offices, zip codes listed|last=Benson|first=Robert L.|date=October 19, 1976|work=Hillsboro Argus|page=11}}
Demographics
{{US Census population
|align=left|2020= 503
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census{{cite web|url=http://www.census.gov/prod/www/decennial.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|accessdate=June 4, 2016}}{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}
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References
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Further reading
- Nixon, Birgetta & Mabel Tupper. Cherry Grove - A history from 1852 - 1977 (Cherry Grove, Oregon: 1977)
- Bilderback, Ken & Kris. Creek with No Name: How the West was Won (and Lost) in Gaston, Oregon (Gaston, Oregon: 2011)
External links
- [http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=title&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Cherry%20Grove&CISOFIELD2=subjec&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=descri&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=audiena&CISOROOT=all Historic photos of Cherry Grove from Salem Public Library]
- [http://www.brian894x4.com/WillametteValleyandCoastRR.html Information about Cherry Grove] and the Willamette Valley & Coast Railway from Abandoned Railways of the Pacific Northwest
- [http://www.vannattabros.com/geo9.html Cherry Grove history from VanNatta Forestry]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060916123758/http://digitalcollections.library.oregonstate.edu/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Fstreamsurvey Several images of the falls on the Tualatin River above Cherry Grove] from the Oregon State University Archives
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Category:Swedish-American culture in Oregon
Category:Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Oregon
Category:1911 establishments in Oregon
Category:Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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