Piedmont, Portland, Oregon

Piedmont is a neighborhood in the north and northeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States. The Piedmont subdivision was platted in 1889 by Edward Quackenbush, and promoted in an early flyer as "The Emerald, Portland's Evergreen Suburb, Devoted Exclusively to Dwellings, A Place of Homes." The original subdivision, now known as "Historic Piedmont," includes parts of the Humboldt and King neighborhoods, as well as the modern Piedmont neighborhood south of Rosa Parks Way.

Piedmont
Neighborhood
Piedmont
Coordinates: 45°34′28″N 122°40′15″WPDF map
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CityPortland
Government
 • AssociationPiedmont Neighborhood Association
 • CoalitionNorth Portland Neighborhood Services
Area
 • Total0.97 sq mi (2.50 km2)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total7,025
 • Density7,300/sq mi (2,800/km2)
Housing
 • No. of households2,983
 • Occupancy rate96% occupied
 • Owner-occupied1,844 households (62%)
 • Renting1,030 households (35%)
 • Avg. household size2.36 persons

In 1947, after a failed attempt to build a NABISCO factory in the Rose City Park neighborhood, a factory location along Columbia Boulevard was chosen.[2] The plant was completed in August 1950.[2]

Features

In the book, The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, there is a faux zombie attack recorded in which zombies attacked Piedmont and the citizens attempt to hide in the cave mines.[3]

See also
  • Doll Asylum, an annual Halloween experience hosted at a private residence from 2010 to 2017 when the owners moved to Astoria, Oregon

References
  1. "Piedmont". PortlandMaps. City of Portland. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  2. MacColl, E. Kimbark (1979). The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1915–1950. Portland, Oregon: The Georgian Press. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5.
  3. Brooks, Max (September 16, 2003). The Zombie Survival Guide (PDF). Zombie Guide Magazine. New York, NY: Three Riverse Press. pp. 208–209. ISBN 1-4000-4962-8. Retrieved 8 August 2020.


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