Linnton, Portland, Oregon
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| Coordinates: 45°35′09″N 122°46′22″W / 45.58582°N 122.77288°WCoordinates: 45°35′09″N 122°46′22″W / 45.58582°N 122.77288°W PDF map |
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| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| City | Portland |
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| • Association | Linnton Neighborhood Association |
| • Coalition | Neighbors West/Northwest |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1.84 sq mi (4.77 km2) |
| Population (2000) | |
| • Total | 541 |
| • Density | 290/sq mi (110/km2) |
| Housing | |
| • No. of households | 256 |
| • Occupancy rate | 92% occupied |
| • Owner-occupied | 188 households (73%) |
| • Renting | 68 households (27%) |
| • Avg. household size | 2.11 persons |
Linnton is a Portland, Oregon neighborhood located between Forest Park and the Willamette River along U.S. Route 30 (NW St. Helens Rd.), close to the agricultural community of Sauvie Island. It borders the neighborhoods of Northwest Industrial on the south, St. Johns and Cathedral Park via the St. Johns Bridge across the Willamette on the east, and Forest Park (with which it overlaps substantially) on the west. The neighborhood extends north somewhat beyond Portland city limits into unincorporated Multnomah County, ending at the Sauvie Island Bridge.
According to Oregon Geographic Names, the Town of Linnton was platted in 1843 by Peter Burnett (later, the first governor of California) and Morton M. McCarver. The two named the community for U.S. Senator Lewis F. Linn of Missouri, a proponent of settling the Oregon Country. Linnton had its own post office from 1889–1975. Industrialization began in 1889 when the Portland Smelting Company started to build a smelting plant, followed by the Linnton Manufacturing Company starting in 1892. Columbia Engineering Works arrived in Linnton in 1910.
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