Bridgeton, Portland, Oregon

Bridgeton is a compact neighborhood of detached houses, rowhouses, apartment and condominium complexes, and houseboats in the north and northeast sections of Portland, Oregon. It occupies a narrow strip of land around a levee between the Columbia River (North Portland Harbor) and Bridgeton Slough.^{[citation needed]}

Bridgeton
Neighborhood
Location in Portland
Coordinates: 45°36′06″N 122°40′09″W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
City	Portland
Government
• Association	Bridgeton Neighborhood Association
• Coalition	North Portland Neighborhood Services
Area [1]
• Total	0.28 sq mi (0.72 km2)
Population  (2010)[2]
• Total	725
• Density	2,600/sq mi (1,000/km2)
Housing [2]
• No. of households	467
• Occupancy rate	90% occupied
• Owner-occupied	273 households (58%)
• Renting	149 households (32%)
• Avg. household size	1.55 persons

In 1907, a one-room schoolhouse, the Columbia School, was constructed in the area. Between 1915 and 1930, housing was developed in the area, which was the terminus of the Vancouver Interurban streetcar line.^{[citation needed]} The Faloma post office served the area from August 13, 1921, to June 15, 1935; the USGS still uses this name for the place. Local citizens chose this from the initials of three local landowners (Force, Love and Moore) after the United States Postal Service rejected Bridgeton as too common.^[3]

The Bridgeton Neighborhood Association was formed in March 1992 to deal with crime and traffic issues, and shortly thereafter was instrumental in defeating a rezoning request for a superstore to be constructed nearby.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

• Florence Holmes Gerke (1896–1964), landscape architect who lived in Faloma^[4]

References

1. "ONA-Neighborhood Demographics--Bridgeton".
2. "Bridgeton". PortlandMaps. City of Portland. Retrieved June 16, 2019.
3. McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 345. ISBN 978-0875952772.
4. Binheim, Max; Elvin, Charles A. (1928). Women of the West: A Series of Biographical Sketches of Living Eminent Women in the Eleven Western States of the United States of America. Publishers Press. p. 159. Retrieved 27 August 2024 – via Wikisource. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

External links

• 1997 Bridgeton Neighborhood Plan (PDF)