Hosford-Abernethy, Portland, Oregon

Hosford-Abernethy is a neighborhood in the inner Southeast section of Portland, Oregon. It borders Buckman and Sunnyside on the north, Richmond on the east, Brooklyn and Creston-Kenilworth on the south, and (across the Willamette River) Downtown Portland and South Portland on the west.

Hosford-Abernethy
Neighborhood
Hosford-Abernethy
Coordinates: 45°30′17″N 122°38′42″WPDF map
Country	United States
State	Oregon
City	Portland
Government
• Association	Hosford-Abernethy Neighborhood     Development Association (HAND)
• Coalition	Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Area
• Total	1.30 sq mi (3.36 km2)
Population  (2000)[1]
• Total	6,932
• Density	5,300/sq mi (2,100/km2)
Housing [1]
• No. of households	3243
• Occupancy rate	96% occupied
• Owner-occupied	1660 households (51%)
• Renting	1583 households (49%)
• Avg. household size	2.14 persons

Hosford-Abernethy was named in the 1970s for two schools in the neighborhood, Hosford Middle School[2] (commemorating early Portland resident and Methodist minister Chauncey Hosford) and Abernethy Elementary School[3] (commemorating fellow Methodist minister and Provisional Governor of the Oregon Territory, George Abernethy).

The north central area of the neighborhood, with its distinctive X-shaped street pattern, is known as Ladd's Addition.

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is located on the riverfront of Hosford-Abernethy, at the southern end of the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade.