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South 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 Oswego Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lake Oswego quadrangle.

South Lake Oswego within Clackamas County

On record in South 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 within a mile 9 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of South Lake Oswego: 20 past producers, 11 producers, 1 occurrence. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Francis Welsh Silica MineSilicaOccurrence
Francis Welsh Silica MineSilicaPast Producer
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer1867, 1894
Oswego Iron MineIronPast Producer
Durham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Grimms Fuel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Lake Oswego Pit and PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Pynns Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Seventh Day AdventistsStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waluga ParkStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clackamas County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Lakewood0.5 miles21
Lake Oswego0.9 miles21
Marylhurst1.3 miles21
Christie (historical)1.4 miles21
Fair Oaks1.5 miles21
Briarwood1.7 miles21
Robinwood1.8 miles21
Oak Grove1.9 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122559928The 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 1136765. 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.