Neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon is divided into six sections: North Portland, Northeast Portland, Northwest Portland, South Portland, Southeast Portland, and Southwest Portland. There are 95 officially recognized neighborhoods, each of which is represented by a volunteer-based neighborhood association. No neighborhood associations overlap the Willamette River, but a few overlap the addressing sextants. For example, most addresses in the South Portland Neighborhood Association are South, but a portion of the neighborhood is west of SW View Point Terrace where addresses have a SW prefix. Similarly the Buckman Neighborhood Association spans both NE and SE Portland.

Neighborhood associations serve as the liaison between residents and the city government, as coordinated by the city's Office of Community & Civic Life,Office of Civic & Community Life, City of Portland. Accessed 2018-08-26. which was created in 1974 and known as the Office of Neighborhood Involvement until July 2018.City council ordinance 189078, passed on July 18, 2018. Auditor's Office, City of Portland. The city subsequently provides funding to this "network of neighborhoods" through district coalitions, which are groupings of neighborhood associations. A few areas of Portland are "unclaimed" by any of the 95 neighborhood associations in Portland.

Neighborhoods Each neighborhood association defines its own boundaries, which may include areas outside of Portland city limits and (if mutually agreed) areas that overlap with other neighborhoods. Neighborhoods may span boundaries between the six sections (North Portland, Northeast Portland, Northwest Portland, South Portland, Southeast Portland, and Southwest Portland) of the city as well. The segmentation adopted here is based on Office of Community & Civic Life's district coalition model, under which each neighborhood is part of at most one coalition (though some neighborhoods are not included in any). +Neighborhood nameSextantCoalitionNamesakeImageNotesAlamedaNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsAlameda Land Company who laid out the first subdivision in the areaArbor LodgeNorthNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsArdenwald-Johnson CreekSoutheastSoutheast UpliftArden M. Rockwood, son of the man who first platted the areaPartially in Portland and Milwaukie. Neighborhood recognized by both cities.ArgayNortheastEast Portland Community OfficePortmanteau of Art Simonson and Gerhardt "Gay" Stavney, planners of neighborhood.Arlington HeightsNorthwestDistrict Four CoalitionArnold CreekSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionArnold CreekAshcreekSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionBeaumont-WilshireNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsBeaumont: beautiful mountain in French. Wilshire: Etymology unknownBoiseNorth, NortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsReuben P. Boise, Oregon Supreme Court JusticeIncludes Mississippi District.Brentwood-DarlingtonSoutheastSoutheast UpliftBridgetonNorth, NortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsBridgeton Slough, in turn named for the Interstate BridgeBridlemileSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionBrooklynSoutheastSoutheast UpliftLarge number of rivers, creeks, and lakes that historically occupied the neighborhood.BuckmanSoutheastSoutheast UpliftCity Councilor Cyrus BuckmanCathedral ParkNorthNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsCathedral ParkCentennialSoutheastEast Portland Community OfficeUnited States BicentennialCollins ViewSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionConcordiaNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsConcordia University (now University of Oregon Portland)Creston-KenilworthSoutheastSoutheast UpliftCreston: Etymology unknown Kenilworth: Sir Walter Scott's Kenilworth. A Romance.CrestwoodSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionCullyNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsSettler Thomas Cully.ChinatownNorthwestDistrict Four CoalitionHistorically large number of Chinese businesses and residencesNorthwest part of Old Town Chinatown, the Southwest part being Old Town.DowntownSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionPortland's DowntownEast ColumbiaNorth, NortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsColumbia RiverEastmorelandSoutheastDistrict Four CoalitionPioneer Julius C. MorelandEliotNorth, NortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsRev. Thomas Lamb EliotFormer center of Albina, Oregon before annexation with Portland.Far SouthwestSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionFarthest southwest neighborhood of PortlandForest ParkNorthwestDistrict Four CoalitionForest ParkFoster-PowellSoutheastSoutheast UpliftFoster Road and Powell Boulevard, in turn named for Estacada farmer Philip Foster and settler Jackson PowellGlenfairNortheast, SoutheastEast Portland Community OfficeGlenfair ParkGoose HollowSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionLarge amount of wild Geese who historically inhabited the areaGrant ParkNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsGrant Park, in turn named for President Ulysses S. GrantHayden IslandNorthNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsHayden Island, in turn named for settler Gay HaydenHayhurstSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionHazelwoodNortheast, SoutheastEast Portland Community OfficeHealy HeightsSouthwestUnaffiliatedHillsdaleSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionTualatin Mountains (West Hills)HillsideNorthwestDistrict Four CoalitionTualatin Mountains (West Hills)HollywoodNortheastCentral Northeast NeighborsHollywood TheatreHomesteadSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionLocation of the homestead of State Representative Philip Augustus MarquamHosford-AbernethySoutheastSoutheast UpliftHosford: Methodist Missionary Chauncey Hosford. Abernethy: Provisional Governor of Oregon George Abernethy.HumboldtNorth, NortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsIrvingtonNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsIrvington Investment Company, development company that helped create the neighborhood.KentonNorthNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsKernsNortheast, SoutheastSoutheast UpliftSettler William KernsKingNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsRev. Martin Luther King Jr.LaurelhurstNortheast, SoutheastSoutheast UpliftLaurelhurst Company, development company that helped create the neighborhood.LentsSoutheastEast Portland Community OfficeSettler Oliver P. LentLinntonNorthwestDistrict Four CoalitionUS Senator Lewis F. Linn (D-MO)Lloyd DistrictNorth, NortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsDeveloper Ralph Lloyd, founder of Lloyd Center, once America's largest shopping mallMadison SouthNortheastCentral Northeast NeighborsJames Madison High School (now Leodis V. McDaniel High School)MaplewoodSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionMarkhamSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionMarshall ParkSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionMarshall Park, in turn named for Frederick C. and Addie Mae Marshall who donated the park to the cityMill ParkSoutheastEast Portland Community OfficeMontavillaNortheast, SoutheastSoutheast UpliftPortmanteau of Mount Tabor VillageMt. Scott-ArletaSoutheastSoutheast UpliftMt. Scott: Harvey W. Scott, editor of The Oregonian. Arleta: the daughter of one of the neighborhood's early developers.Mount TaborSoutheastSoutheast UpliftMount Tabor, in turn named for the biblical Mount TaborMultnomah/Multnomah VillageSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionMultnomah Tribe/Chief MultnomahNorth TaborSoutheastSoutheast UpliftMount Tabor, in turn named for the biblical Mount TaborNorthwest DistrictNorthwestDistrict Four CoalitionNorthwest PortlandIncludes Uptown, Nob Hill, Alphabet District, and Slabtown.Northwest HeightsNorthwestDistrict Four CoalitionNorthwest PortlandOld TownSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionOriginal urban core of Portland. "Oldest part of town".Southwest part of Old Town Chinatown, the Northwest part being Chinatown.OverlookNorthNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsThe neighborhood is located on a bluff that overlooks the city.Includes Swan Island.ParkroseNortheastEast Portland Community OfficeParkrose HeightsNortheastEast Portland Community OfficePearl DistrictNorthwestDistrict Four CoalitionCoined by local journalist Terry Hammond for unknown reasonsPiedmontNorth, NortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsPleasant ValleySoutheastEast Portland Community OfficePortsmouthNorthNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsPort of PortlandPowellhurst-GilbertSoutheastEast Portland Community OfficeNamed for two schools in the area, Powellhurst (in turn named for settler Jackson Powell) and Gilbert Heights (in turn named for settler William M. Gilbert).Includes the recently formed Jade District.ReedSoutheastSoutheast UpliftReed College, in turn named for pioneers Simeon Gannett & Amanda Reed.RichmondSoutheastSoutheast UpliftSettler Richmond Kelly, son of Rev. Clinton Kelly.Rose City ParkNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsRefers to Portland's nickname of the City of Roses.RosewayNortheastCentral Northeast NeighborsRefers to Portland's nickname of the City of Roses.RussellNortheastEast Portland Community OfficeSabinNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsSt. JohnsNorthNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsSettler James JohnSellwood-Moreland (Westmoreland)SoutheastSoutheast UpliftSellwood: Rev. John Sellwood Moreland: Pioneer Julius C. MorelandSouth BurlingameSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionSouth PortlandSouthDistrict Four CoalitionSouth of DowntownIncludes South Waterfront, Lair Hill, and CorbettSouth TaborSoutheastSoutheast UpliftMount Tabor, in turn named for the biblical Mount TaborSouthwest HillsSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionTualatin Mountains (West Hills)Partially in Portland and unincorporated Multnomah County.Sullivan's GulchNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsSettler Timothy SullivanSumnerNortheastCentral Northeast NeighborsSunderlandNortheastCentral Northeast NeighborsIncludes Dignity Village.SunnysideSoutheastSoutheast UpliftSylvan-HighlandsSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionRoman God of the Woods, SilvanusUniversity ParkNorthNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsPortland Methodist Episcopal University (now University of Portland)VernonNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsWest Portland ParkSouthwestDistrict Four CoalitionWest part of PortlandWilkesNortheastEast Portland Community OfficeThe Wilkes Family of settlersWoodland ParkNortheastEast Portland Community OfficePortland's smallest neighborhood.WoodlawnNortheastNortheast Coalition of NeighborhoodsWoodstockSoutheastSoutheast UpliftSir Walter Scott's Woodstock

Other areas and communities Alberta Arts District, an art, retail, and restaurant area in the King, Vernon, and Concordia neighborhoods Albina, a historical city which was consolidated into Portland in 1891 The Belmont Area, a retail and residential area in the Buckman, Sunnyside, and Mt. Tabor neighborhoods Dunthorpe, an affluent unincorporated enclave just beyond the city limits, north of Lake Oswego Unincorporated areas near Portland proper in Washington County (unincorporated neighborhoods expanding into Washington County) Bethany Cedar Hills Cedar Mill Garden Home Metzger Oak Hills Raleigh Hills Rock Creek West Haven-Sylvan West Slope East Portland, a historical city which was consolidated into Portland in 1891, not to be confused with the area of the same name that extends roughly east of I-205 to Portland's eastern boundary East Portland, the area of Portland generally east of I-205, where approximately one quarter of residents reside, but which has historically not received adequate city services. The Hawthorne District, a retail, restaurant, and cultural district running through the Buckman, Hosford-Abernethy, Sunnyside, Richmond, and Mt. Tabor neighborhoods Maywood Park, a Northeast neighborhood incorporated as a separate city that is now completely surrounded by the city of Portland Peacock Lane, a quaint English village in the heart of Sunnyside Neighborhood has been treating the city of Portland to free holiday lighting displays each December since the 1940s Vanport, a city located in present-day North Portland destroyed by a flood in 1948

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Office of Community & Civic Life