Lake Oswego, Oregon
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Northwest Clackamas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97034. It stands on Nettle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle. 40,731 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
On record in Lake Oswego
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 17 shown
John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 2listed 1990
John M. and Elizabeth Bates House No. 4listed 1990
Dr. Walter Black Houselisted 1991
W. S. and Gladys Boutwell Houselisted 1991
Iron Workers' Cottagelisted 2009
Carl C. Jantzen Estatelisted 1990
Ladd Estate Company Model Houselisted 1989
Lake Oswego Hunt Club Ensemblelisted 1988
Lake Oswego Odd Fellows Halllisted 1979
Mathieson-Worthington Houselisted 1990
Oregon Iron Company Furnacelisted 1974
Osco C. Roehr Houselisted 2012
Population over time
3 figuresLake Oswego grew from 35,278 to 40,731 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 35,278 | |
| 2010 | 36,619 | +1,341 (+4%) |
| 2020 | 40,731 | +4,112 (+11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 21 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1914 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1939 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1941 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Oswego quadrangle1:24000
- 1958 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Lake Oswego quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1961 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:62500
- 1964 USGS Vancouver quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Oregon City quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 35 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Lake Oswego: 24 past producers, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oswego Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | 1867, 1894 | |
| Oswego Iron Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Durham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Grimms Fuel Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lake Oswego Pit and Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pynns Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Seventh Day Adventists | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Waluga Park | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Durham Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Grimms Fuel Co | Stone | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lake Oswego in 1 storm report in 2005: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lake Oswego | - | no account filed |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Briarwood | 0.8 miles | 21 | |
| South Lake Oswego | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Fair Oaks | 1.1 miles | 21 | |
| Oak Grove | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Christie (historical) | 1.6 miles | 21 | |
| Marylhurst | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Milwaukie Heights | 2.0 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Lake Oswego | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q983805 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1166669. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










