- Cully, Portland, Oregon
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Cully, Portland, Oregon 
Neighborhood representation Association Cully Association of Neighbors Coalition Central Northeast Neighbors, Inc. Neighborhood geography Area 7.10 km² (PDF map) Location Interactive map Coordinates 45°33′41″N 122°35′44″W / 45.56133°N 122.59557°WCoordinates: 45°33′41″N 122°35′44″W / 45.56133°N 122.59557°W Demographics (2000) Population 12959 (density 1825/km²) Households 4685 (92% occupied) Owned 2846 (61%) Rented 1839 (39%) Size 2.77 persons (average) Cully is a neighborhood in the Northeast section of Portland, Oregon. The neighborhood, as well as NE Cully Blvd. that runs diagonally through it, is named after English stonemason Thomas Cully (1810–1891), an early settler.[1] Cully borders Sunderland, Concordia, and Beaumont-Wilshire on the west, Portland International Airport on the north, Sumner on the east, and Rose City Park and Roseway on the south.
Neighborhood parks include Sacajawea Park (1985), Rigler Community Garden (2004), and Whitaker Ponds Natural Area (1998). Nevertheless, Cully has the smallest amount of parkland per capita, and largest population living more than one-half mile from a park, of any Portland neighborhood.[2]
Rose City Cemetery, founded in 1906, occupies the southwest corner of the neighborhood. Within its grounds is the Japanese Cemetery, which is maintained independently by the Japanese Ancestral Society of Portland.[3]
References
- ^ Neighborhood Link - History, the Cully Family
- ^ "Not all the city is rich in parks" by Peter Korn, Portland Tribune
- ^ Harvey, Thomas (April 2006). "Sacred Spaces, Common Places: The Cemetery in the Contemporary American City". The Geographical Review 96(2): 295-312.
External links
- Guide to Cully Neighborhood - PortlandNeighborhood.com
- Cully Association of Neighbors
- "Not all the city is rich in parks" by Peter Korn, Portland Tribune, August 3, 2006
- "City, schools tally Cully's deficiencies" by James Mayer, The Oregonian, November 27, 2008
Categories:- Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon
- Former census-designated places in Oregon
- Multnomah County, Oregon geography stubs
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