Editing Oregon City, Oregon (section)

== Neighborhoods ==
[[Image:BeaverCoins.JPG|thumb|upright|alt=Beaver Coins|Sketch of $5 & $10 Beaver Coins]]
Oregon City has 12 officially recognized [[neighborhood association]]s:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Neighborhood Associations<!-- Bot generated title --> |url=http://www.orcity.org/community/neighborhood-associations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321200408/https://www.orcity.org/community/neighborhood-associations |archive-date=Mar 21, 2023 |access-date=Feb 19, 2025 |website=orcity.org}}</ref>

* The Park Place neighborhood is in the Northeast on a bluff overlooking Abernethy Green. Formerly an independent community, Park Place was platted in 1889, and a post office was established the following year. For a while the name was changed to "Parkplace."<ref name="OGN">{{cite book |last=McArthur |first=Lewis A. |author-link=Lewis A. McArthur |author2=Lewis L. McArthur |author2-link=Lewis L. McArthur |title=[[Oregon Geographic Names]] |orig-year=1928 |edition=7th |year=2003 |publisher=[[Oregon Historical Society]] Press |location=[[Portland, Oregon|Portland]], [[Oregon]] |isbn=0-87595-277-1 }}</ref>
* The Two Rivers neighborhood is the lowest-elevation area of town and is primarily commercial, including downtown Oregon City, the End of the Oregon Trail Visitor's Center at Abernethy Green, and Clackamette Park.
[[File:Oregon City city hall.jpg|thumb|Oregon City City Hall]]
* The McLoughlin neighborhood is on a bluff overlooking downtown and includes many of the older homes in the City including designated sites like the John McLoughlin House. The McLoughlin Neighborhood also includes the public library, pool, and hospital.
* The Elyville neighborhood surrounds the Northern section of Molalla Avenue, the former route of [[Oregon Route 213]] before it was moved to the Oregon City Bypass to the east. Elyville includes the historic Mountain View Cemetery where many of the oldest pioneer settlers are buried.
* The [[Canemah, Oregon|Canemah]] neighborhood lies along [[Oregon Route 99E]], and is a narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Willamette River and a bluff.  Canemah was founded in 1845 as an independent city before being annexed into Oregon City. It was the [[portage]] site around Willamette Falls for many years. It was supposedly named after an [[Native Americans in the United States|Indian]] chief.<ref name="OGN"/>
* The Rivercrest neighborhood overlooks the [[Willamette River]] to the West.
* The South End neighborhood is in the Southwest.
* The Hazel Grove/Westling Farm neighborhood is on the Southern side of the city.
* The Tower Vista neighborhood is also in the South, East of Hazel Grove/Whistling Farm.
* The Hillendale neighborhood lies in the central part of the city and contains the [[Clackamas County]] government campus.
* The Gaffney Lane neighborhood lies south of Hillendale, centered around the elementary school of the same name.
* The Caufield neighborhood is the farthest southeast and includes [[Clackamas Community College]] and [[Oregon City High School]].