Liberal, Oregon

Liberal is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It lies on Oregon Route 213 between Mulino and Molalla.

Liberal
Unincorporated community
Liberal
Location within the state of Oregon
Liberal
Liberal (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°11′34.75″N 122°35′7.46″W
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CountyClackamas
Time zoneUTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code
97038
Area code(s)503 and 971

The community of Liberal grew up three miles south of Mulino on the south side of the Molalla River. The Liberal crossroads is located at the mutual corners of the donation land claims established in the 1840s by Harrison Wright,[1] William Russell, W. D. Woodcock, James Barnard and Francis Jackson. As the original land claims began to be parceled out, the area was settled in the mid-19th century, primarily by Swiss and German families.

According to local tradition, the community was named after the "liberal" credit practices of the founder of the Liberal Store.[2]

Liberal currently includes the historic Liberal Store, an active sawmill, a chicken feed mill, a multi-generational family farm, and the Evangelical Community Chapel, a church that has continuously held weekly meetings since its founding in 1900.[3]

Economy

The largest employer in Liberal is the RSG Sawmill, a division of the privately held Kalama, Washington-based, RSG Forest Products, Inc.[4] The community's second largest employer is the Victory Seed Company, which operates on the Dunton Family Farm.[5] Satrum-Dybvad Milling, a chicken feed mill, supplies Willamette Egg Farms.[6]

References
  1. "Harrison Wright, emigrant of 1844". Clackamas Heritage Partners. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  2. "A History of the Community of Liberal, Oregon". Network Services Group. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  3. "Historical Highlights". Evangelical Community Chapel. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  4. "Rsg Forest Products Inc". The New Yellow Pages. Retrieved April 11, 2012.
  5. "Welcome to Dunton Family Farms". Dunton Family Farms. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
  6. "Satrum-Dybvad Milling (Willamette Egg Farms, LLC)". Manta Media Inc. Retrieved April 9, 2012.
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