Richmond, Portland, Oregon

Richmond is a neighborhood in the Southeast section of Portland, Oregon. It borders Sunnyside on the north, Mt. Tabor and South Tabor on the east, Creston-Kenilworth on the south, and Hosford-Abernethy on the west.

Richmond
Neighborhood
Richmond
Coordinates: 45°30′17″N 122°37′22″WPDF map
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CityPortland
Government
  AssociationRichmond Neighborhood Association
  CoalitionSoutheast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Area
  Total1.27 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Population
 (2000)[1]
  Total11,320
  Density8,900/sq mi (3,400/km2)
Housing
  No. of households4,972
  Occupancy rate96% occupied
  Owner-occupied2,990 households (60%)
  Renting1,982 households (40%)
  Avg. household size2.28 persons

The northern edge of the neighborhood is part of the Hawthorne District.

Neighborhood parks include Sewallcrest Park (1940) and Ivon Community Garden (1978).

Richmond is named after Dr. Richmond Kelly, son of an early immigrant from Kentucky who held one of the donation land claims in the area, Rev. Clinton Kelly.[2]

The Richmond neighborhood is home to Richmond Elementary School, the first of three which comprise the Japanese Magnet Program of Portland Public Schools. JMP students continue on to Mt. Tabor Middle School and then to Grant High School in the Grant Park neighborhood.

References


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.