Editing St. Paul, Oregon

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|subdivision_name2        = [[Marion County, Oregon|Marion]]
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|leader_title             = [[Mayor]]
|leader_name              = Marty Waldo{{citation needed|date=November 2023}}
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|population_total         = 434
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'''St. Paul''' or '''Saint Paul'''<ref name=gnis/> is a city in [[Marion County, Oregon]],  United States. It is named after the [[St. Paul Roman Catholic Church (St. Paul, Oregon)|Saint Paul Mission]] founded by Archbishop [[François Norbert Blanchet]], who arrived in the [[Oregon Country]] in 1838 to minister to the [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] inhabitants of [[French Prairie]].<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 population was 434 at the [[2020 United States census|2020 census]]. The city is part of the [[Salem Metropolitan Statistical Area]].

== History ==
[[File:Williamcannontombstone.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Tombstone of William Cannon]]
French Prairie settlers built a [[log cabin|log church]] near this locale in 1836.<ref name=OHS>{{cite web |url= http://www.ohs.org/education/oregonhistory/historical_records/dspDocument.cfm?doc_ID=6177BAEC-B31E-3DAA-DD43449E981ECD54 |title= St. Paul Catholic Church, Marion County |publisher= [[Oregon Historical Society]] |access-date= 2009-10-15}}</ref> On January 6, 1839, Father (later Archbishop) Blanchet celebrated the first Catholic mass in Oregon at St. Paul, when he blessed the log church and dedicated it to [[Paul of Tarsus|St. Paul]].<ref name=OHS/>

[[St. Paul Roman Catholic Church (St. Paul, Oregon)|St. Paul Roman Catholic Church]] was built in 1846 and is the oldest brick building in the [[Pacific Northwest]].<ref name="OSU">{{cite web |last= Edmonston |first= George P. Jr. |author2= Patricia Filip |title= Rewrites: A look at five OSU researchers who are revolutionizing their academic disciplines |work= Oregon Stater |publisher= [[Oregon State University]] Alumni Association |url= http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0112/feature6.html |access-date= 2009-10-14 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070222043117/http://alumni.oregonstate.edu/stater/issues/Stater0112/feature6.html |archive-date= 2007-02-22 }}</ref>

St. Paul post office was established in 1874.<ref name=OGN/> The city was incorporated in 1901.

===Pioneer cemetery===
St. Paul Pioneer Cemetery, founded in 1839, is the burial location for [[William Cannon (Pioneer)|William Cannon]], the only authenticated [[American Revolutionary War|Revolutionary War]] veteran buried in [[Oregon]].<ref name=NPS>{{cite journal |url= http://www.nps.gov/fova/parknews/upload/Fall%202005%20complete.pdf |title= Fort Vancouver's First Blacksmith |author= Laidlaw, Tom |journal= The Forge and Plane |date= Fall 2005 |publisher= Fort Vancouver Trades Guild, [[National Park Service]] |location= [[Fort Vancouver]] |access-date= 2009-10-14}}</ref><ref name=SPMHS>{{cite web |url= http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~orspmhs/spwall.html |title= The Wall of Remembrance |publisher= St. Paul Mission Historical Society |access-date= 2009-10-14}}</ref> He had arrived in Oregon in 1811 as part of [[John Jacob Astor]]'s [[American Fur Company]].<ref name=NPS/><ref name=SPMHS/> His is the only grave marked with an upright [[headstone]] in the cemetery.<ref name=OR150>{{cite web |url= http://www.co.marion.or.us/NR/rdonlyres/3B9C4176-0A80-44AF-8B4E-75736099D488/0/or150forprintlr.pdf |title= Marion County: 150 Miles for 150 Years |year= 2009 |publisher= Marion County, Oregon |access-date= 2009-10-15}}</ref> Only one other grave is marked; the rest of the grave markers were mistakenly bulldozed in the 1930s.<ref name=Seattle>{{cite web |url= http://www.seattlearch.org/FormationAndEducation/Progress/062005/Cemetery+Honors+Native+Amer+and+Catholic++++++Pioneers+6-16-05.htm |title= Cemetery dedication honors Native Americans and early Catholic pioneers |author= Langlois, Ed |date= June 9, 2005 |work= Northwest Catholic Progress |publisher= [[Archdiocese of Seattle]] |access-date= 2009-10-15}}</ref>

Along with Cannon, 535 other early settlers and [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] are buried in the pioneer cemetery, including [[Étienne Lucier]], known as "The Father of Oregon Agriculture", and [[François Rivet]] and [[Philippe Degre]] who claimed to be members of the [[Lewis and Clark Expedition]].<ref name=SPMHS/><ref name=Graphic>{{cite news |url= http://archives.newberggraphic.com/news/archive/5-14-05/NewsStory4.htm |date= May 14, 2005 |author= Olson, Gunnar |title= Wall of Remembrance: Recognizing the buried |newspaper= [[The Newberg Graphic]] |access-date= 2009-10-15}}</ref> Rivet had accompanied the expedition as far as [[Fort Mandan]], and Degre attached himself in to the company while they wintered there in 1804–1805.<ref name=SPMHS/><ref name=Clarke>{{cite book |url= http://artsci.wustl.edu/~landc/html/clarke.html |title= The Men of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Biographical Roster of the Fifty-One Members and a Composite Diary of their Activities from all Known Sources |author= Clark, Arthur H. |year= 1970 |location= Glendale |page= 66 |access-date= 2009-10-15}}</ref>

A wall of remembrance in the cemetery was dedicated in 2005, with members of the [[Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon]] as honored guests.<ref name=SPMHS/> Early [[French Canadian]] settlers often married women from the local tribes, which included the [[Clackamas (tribe)|Clackamas]], [[Molala people|Molala]] and [[Kalapuya people|Kalapuya]].<ref name=SPMHS/>

Archbishop Blanchet was originally buried in the pioneer cemetery, but his remains were later moved to St. Paul Catholic Cemetery a few blocks away.<ref name=SPMHS/><ref name=Seattle/> The new cemetery was founded in 1875 and includes a "Nuns Corner", where several sisters who had originally been buried in a corner of the convent garden were reinterred.<ref name=Inter>{{cite web |url= http://www.interment.net/data/us/or/marion/stpaul/paul.htm |title= Saint Paul Cemetery, Saint Paul, Marion County, Oregon |publisher= [[Interment.net]] |access-date= 2009-10-15}}</ref><!--need better ref (more reliable source)--> Early settler and provisional legislator [[William J. Bailey]] is also buried at the new cemetery.

==Geography==
[[File:St. Paul Oregon post office.JPG|thumb|St. Paul's U.S. Post Office]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.29|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all of it land.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt|archive-date=2012-01-25}}</ref>

The city is near [[Mission Creek (Oregon)|Mission Creek]], a tributary of [[Champoeg Creek]], which flows into the [[Willamette River]].

==Demographics==
{{US Census population
|1910= 103
|1920= 160
|1930= 148
|1940= 183
|1950= 226
|1960= 254
|1970= 347
|1980= 312
|1990= 322
|2000= 354
|2010= 421
|2020= 434
|footnote=U.S. Decennial Census<ref name="DecennialCensus">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/decennial-census.html|title=Census of Population and Housing|publisher=Census.gov|access-date=June 4, 2015}}</ref><ref name="USCensusDecennial2020CenPopScriptOnly">{{cite web|url=https://api.census.gov/data/2020/dec/pl?get=P1_001N,NAME&for=place:*&in=state:41&key=5ccd0821c15d9f4520e2dcc0f8d92b2ec9336108|title=Census Population API|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=Oct 12, 2022}}</ref>
}}

===2010 census===
As of the [[census]] of 2010, there were 421 people, 147 households, and 113 families residing in the city. The [[population density]] was {{convert|1451.7|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|1}}. There were 151 housing units at an average density of {{convert|520.7|/sqmi|/km2|1}}. The racial makeup of the city was 94.1% [[White (U.S. Census)|White]], 0.5% [[Native American (U.S. Census)|Native American]], 4.8% from [[Race (U.S. Census)|other races]], and 0.7% from two or more races. [[Hispanic (U.S. Census)|Hispanic]] or [[Latino (U.S. Census)|Latino]] of any race were 14.7% of the population.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov">{{cite web|title=U.S. Census website|url=https://www.census.gov|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=2012-12-21}}</ref>

There were 147 households, of which 43.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.0% were [[Marriage|married couples]] living together, 6.1% had a female householder with no husband present, 4.8% had a male householder with no wife present, and 23.1% were non-families. 20.4% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.86 and the average family size was 3.28.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median age in the city was 38 years. 30.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 4.9% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 26.5% were from 25 to 44; 25.7% were from 45 to 64; and 12.4% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.2% male and 50.8% female.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

===2000 census===
As of the census of 2000, there were 354 people, 123 households, and 90 families residing in the city. The population density was {{convert|1,231.4|PD/sqmi|PD/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. There were 128 housing units at an average density of {{convert|445.2|/sqmi|/km2|sp=us|adj=off}}. The racial makeup of the city was 78.25% White, 0.28% [[African American (U.S. Census)|African American]], 0.56% Native American, 0.28% [[Asian (U.S. Census)|Asian]], 18.08% from other races, and 2.54% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.71% of the population.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

There were 123 households, out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.5% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.8% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.88 and the average family size was 3.34.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

In the city, the population was spread out, with 30.5% under the age of 18, 7.9% from 18 to 24, 25.4% from 25 to 44, 22.0% from 45 to 64, and 14.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 33 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.7 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 106.7 males.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

The median income for a household in the city was $43,750, and the median income for a family was $55,000. Males had a median income of $39,583 versus $25,357 for females. The [[per capita income]] for the city was $19,144. About 3.8% of families and 11.3% of the population were below the [[poverty line]], including 8.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.<ref name ="wwwcensusgov"/>

==Arts and culture==
[[File:StPaulBronco lightened.jpg|thumb|Bronco rider at the St. Paul Rodeo]]

===Annual cultural events===
The [[St. Paul Rodeo]] has been held every [[Independence Day (United States)|4th of July]] since 1935.<ref name=Rodeo>{{cite web|url=http://www.stpaulrodeo.com/history.html/ |title=History of the St. Paul Rodeo |publisher=St. Paul Rodeo Association |access-date=2009-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530190653/http://www.stpaulrodeo.com/history.html |archive-date=May 30, 2009 }}</ref> It is one of the 20 largest rodeos in the U.S. and was voted by the [[Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association]] as the finest rodeo in the Pacific Northwest in 1991.<ref name=Rodeo/>

Also, every summer, the [[Professional Bull Riders]] holds a minor-league, Touring Pro Division (TPD) event in St. Paul.

===Museums and other points of interest===
The center of St. Paul was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] (NRHP) in 1982 as the '''St. Paul Historic District'''.<ref name=ORNRHP>{{cite web |title=Oregon National Register List |url= http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/NATREG/docs/oregon_nr_list.pdf |date=January 5, 2009 |publisher=[[Oregon Parks and Recreation Department]] |access-date=2009-10-15}}</ref> The district includes 63 contributing properties,<ref name=SHPO>{{cite web |url= http://heritagedata.prd.state.or.us/historic/index.cfm?do=v.dsp_siteSummary&resultDisplay=45789 |title= St. Paul Historic District |work= Oregon Historic Sites Database |publisher= [[Oregon Parks and Recreation Department]] |access-date= 2009-10-14}}</ref> with St. Paul Catholic Church, which is also individually listed on the NRHP, as the centerpiece.<ref name=OHS/>

==Education==
[[File:St. Paul Oregon High School side.JPG|thumb|St. Paul High School]]
Public education in St. Paul is provided by the two-school St. Paul School District. St. Paul Elementary School serves grades [[Pre-kindergarten|Pre-K]] through [[sixth grade|6]], and [[St. Paul High School (Oregon)|St. Paul Middle & High School]] serves grades [[seventh grade|7]] through [[twelfth grade|12]]. St. Paul Parochial School, a private Pre-K through [[eighth grade]] [[parish school]], was founded in 1844 by six [[Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur]] as Sainte Marie de Willamette.<ref name=Parish>{{cite web |url= http://www.stpaulparochial.org/history.htm |title= History |publisher= St. Paul Parochial School |access-date=2009-10-15}}</ref> The sisters ran the school until 1853.<ref name=Parish/> In 1861, the [[Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary]] took over the school and ran it through the 1980s.<ref name=Parish/> From 1993 through 2000, the school was served by the [[Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon]].<ref name=Parish/>

==Transportation==
[[Oregon Route 219]] passes through St. Paul.

==Notable people==
*[[Herman Pillette]] (1895–1960), baseball player<ref>{{cite web|title=Herman Pillette|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/p/pillehe01.shtml|work=Baseball-Reference.com|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|access-date=2015-04-06}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline}}
* [https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/s-y/saint-paul.aspx Entry for St. Paul] in the ''[[Oregon Blue Book]]''
*[http://photos.salemhistory.net/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=St.%20Paul%2C%20Oregon&CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=all&t=a Historic images of St. Paul] from Salem Public Library Historic Photograph Collections
* [http://boundless.uoregon.edu/cdm4/results.php?CISOOP1=all&CISOBOX1=&CISOFIELD1=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP2=exact&CISOBOX2=Saint%20Paul%2C%20Oregon&CISOFIELD2=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP3=any&CISOBOX3=&CISOFIELD3=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOOP4=none&CISOBOX4=&CISOFIELD4=CISOSEARCHALL&CISOROOT=/archpnw&t=a Images of St. Paul] from [[University of Oregon]] Libraries Digital Collections
*https://www.stpauloregon.org

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[[Category:Cities in Oregon]]
[[Category:Cities in Marion County, Oregon]]
[[Category:Salem, Oregon metropolitan area]]
[[Category:Populated places established in 1839]]
[[Category:1839 establishments in Oregon Country]]