Cherryville, Oregon

Cherryville is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States.^[1] It is about six miles east of Sandy on U.S. Route 26,^[2] near the route of the Barlow Road.^[3]

The name of the community is said to have come from the wild cherries that grew in the area.^[4] Cherryville post office was established in 1884 and closed in 1958.^[4] In 1915 Cherryville had a population of 50, a public school, and a church.^[5] The church building is now gone, but the church cemetery still exists.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Cherryville". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. November 28, 1980. http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1139605. Retrieved 2010-12-30. 
2. ^ Oregon Atlas & Gazetteer (7th ed.). Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2008. p. 29. ISBN 0-89933-347-8. 
3. ^ ^{a b} "Clackamas County, Oregon". Pioneer History to about 1900: Churches of Christ & Christian Churches in the Pacific Northwest. Northwest College of the Bible. http://ncbible.org/nwh/orhistdd.html#cherryville. Retrieved 2010-12-30. 
4. ^ ^{a b} McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [First published 1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 195. ISBN 9780875952772. OCLC 53075956. 
5. ^ Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 621. ISBN 0-87004-332-3. http://books.google.com/books. 

Coordinates: 45°22′01″N 122°09′18″W / 45.3670643°N 122.1550842°W / 45.3670643; -122.1550842