Everything about Forest Grove Oregon totally explained
Forest Grove is a city in
Washington County,
Oregon,
United States, west of
Portland.
Pacific University has been the most distinctive aspect of the town throughout its history. Originally a small farm town, it's now primarily a bedroom suburb of Portland. The population was 17,708 at the 2000 census. As of 2007, the estimated population is 20,775.
History
Forest Grove was pioneered as a farming settlement by Alvin T. and Abigail Smith, who were among the earliest to use the
Oregon Trail. They overwintered with
Henry Harmon Spalding, arriving in what is now Forest Grove in the fall of in
1841. Intending to be missionaries, they found little potential as most of the natives had succumbed to European diseases. According to
Oregon Geographic Names, the name Forest Grove was selected on
January 10,
1851 at a meeting of the trustees of
Tualatin Academy (later known as Pacific University). It is probable that trustee
J. Quinn Thornton suggested the name. Before the name Forest Grove was adopted, that part of the county was known as the West Tualatin Plain. Previous post offices in the area were called Tuality Plains and Tualatin. The city was platted in 1850 and incorporated in 1872.
There are ten buildings on the
National Register of Historic Places and an entire 18 block district (Clark District) with homes dating as far back as 1854, and several dozen pre-1900. These include the
Alvin T. Smith House,
First Church of Christ, Scientist, and
Old College Hall.
The TV show
Nowhere Man has been filmed in Forest Grove numerous times.
Geography
Forest Grove is located at (45.521372, -123.108759). It is on the western edge of the Portland metropolitan area and the
Willamette Valley.
According to the
United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4.7
square miles (12.3
km²), of which, 4.6 square miles (11.9 km²) of it's land and 0.1 square miles (0.3 km²) of it (2.75%) is water.
Demographics
As of the
census of 2000, there were 17,708 people, 6,336 households, and 4,131 families residing in the city. The
population density was 3,850.5 people per square mile (1,486.3/km²). There were 6,702 housing units at an average density of 1,457.3/sq mi (562.5/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 81.46%
White, 0.43%
African American, 0.89%
Native American, 2.11%
Asian, 0.24%
Pacific Islander, 11.39% from
other races, and 3.47% from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 17.31% of the population.
There are 6,336 households out of which 35.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were
married couples living together, 10.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 34.8% were non-families. 27.9% of all households were made up of individuals and 14.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.24.
In the city the population was spread out with 27.4% under the age of 18, 13.4% from 18 to 24, 28.7% from 25 to 44, 16.8% from 45 to 64, and 13.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females there were 90.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.6 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $40,135, and the median income for a family was $47,733. Males had a median income of $36,139 versus $25,703 for females. The
per capita income for the city was $16,992. About 10.4% of families and 14.3% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 16.2% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.
Education
The principal landmark of Forest Grove is
Pacific University, a private school of higher education.
Forest Grove, as well as
Cornelius,
Gales Creek, and
Dilley, are all part of the
Forest Grove School District.
Sister cities
Forest Grove has two
sister cities, both in Japan:
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