POPULATION
1.7 million within
the metro area;
503,000 within
the city limits

AREA
130 square miles

ELEVATION
173 feet above
sea level

LONGITUDE
40 miles east of the
122nd meridian west

LATITUDE
30 miles north
of the 45th
parallel north

MILES TO THE
PACIFIC OCEAN
78

MILES TO A
GLACIER
65 (Mount
Hood)

AVERAGE TEMPERATURES
33.5° (January);
79.5° (July)

AVERAGE
PRECIPITATION
37"

ACRES OF
PARKS IN
METRO AREA
37,000, including
the
5,000-acre
Forest Park

TIME
Pacific Standard


NEWSPAPERS
DAILY:
The Oregonian

WEEKLY:
Our Town
Willamette Week

Brandt, Patricia. Oregon Biographical Index. Corvallis: Oregon State University, 1976. Carey, Charles Henry. History of Oregon. Chicago: Pioneer History Publishing Co., 1922. Lenzen, Connie. "Genealogical Research in Oregon." National Genealogical Society Quarterly 79:1 (March 1991). Preston, Ralph N. Historical Oregon: Overland Stage Routes, Old Military Roads, Indian Battle Grounds, Old Forts, Old Gold Mines. Portland, Oreg.: Binford & Mort, 1978.

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