Beavercreek, Oregon

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Beavercreek, Oregon

Beavercreek is a hamlet

Hamlet (Oregon)

A hamlet is a model of Local government in the United States in Clackamas County, Oregon in the U.S. state of Oregon. Like Hamlet elsewhere, it is a subnational entity; like Political subdivisions of New York State#Hamlet, the definition is unique to a state ....
in Clackamas County

Clackamas County, Oregon

Clackamas County is a List of counties in Oregon located in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Oregon Geographic Names after the Native Americans in the United States living in the area, the Clackamas Indians, who were part of the Chinookan people....
, Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a U.S. state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The area was inhabited by many indigenous tribes before the arrival of traders, explorers and settlers....
, United States

United States

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, located four miles southeast of Oregon City

Oregon City, Oregon

Oregon City was the first city in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains to be incorporated. It is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, Oregon....
.

rding to Oregon Geographic Names
Oregon Geographic Names

Oregon Geographic Names is an authoritative compilation of the origin and meaning of toponym in the U.S. state of Oregon. , the book is in its seventh edition and is compiled and edited by Lewis L....
, the name "Beaver Creek" was first used for a school district in this area in the early 1850s. It was named for the creek that flows through the community and into the Willamette River

Willamette River

The Willamette River is a tributary of the Columbia River. The name derives from a similar Clackamas Indian village name. The river is long, lying entirely in northwestern Oregon in the United States....
. A post office operated under various names in the locality until 1922, when the name was changed to Beavercreek, the form still used today.

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Beavercreek is a hamlet

Hamlet (Oregon)

Clackamas County, Oregon

Oregon

United States

Oregon City, Oregon

Oregon City was the first city in the United States west of the Rocky Mountains to be incorporated. It is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, Oregon....
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History

According to Oregon Geographic Names
Oregon Geographic Names

Oregon Geographic Names is an authoritative compilation of the origin and meaning of toponym in the U.S. state of Oregon. , the book is in its seventh edition and is compiled and edited by Lewis L....
, the name "Beaver Creek" was first used for a school district in this area in the early 1850s. It was named for the creek that flows through the community and into the Willamette River

Willamette River

Formation of hamlet

In the summer of 2006, the citizens of Beavercreek voted to become Oregon's first hamlet, a system of quasi-government which exists in Oregon. A final hearing by the board of county commissioners on the formation of the hamlet took place in September, 2006, and officially recognized the community as the Hamlet of Beavercreek. The hamlet holds monthly community meetings at the Beavercreek Grange

Grange movement

The National Grange of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry, also simply styled the Grange, is a fraternal organization for American farmers that encourages farm families to band together for their common economic and political well-being....
hall, except for quarterly town hall meetings, which may be held at other locations to accommodate attendance; frequently Beavercreek Elementary School is used.

Education

The community is served by Beavercreek Elementary School, which is part of the Oregon City School District

Oregon City School District (Oregon)

The Oregon City School District is a school district that serves the city of Oregon City, Oregon and some unincorporated areas of southwestern Clackamas County, Oregon, including the hamlet of Beavercreek, Oregon and the community of Jennings Lodge, Oregon, which is physically separated from the rest of the district by the Gladstone School D...
. In addition to Beavercreek Elementary School, students residing either on the West side of ORS 213 or South of Leland Road typically attend Carus Elementary School, of the Canby School District. The majority of middle school and high school students attend school in Oregon City (although Oregon City High School is located halfway between Oregon City and Beavercreek).

Some grade school, middle school and high school students living in the outskirts of Beavercreek (portions of Upper Highland and Lower Highland) attend school in Colton, Oregon

Colton, Oregon

Colton is an unincorporated area community located in Clackamas County, Oregon, Oregon, United States, on Oregon Route 211. Colton is located between the cities of Estacada, Oregon and Molalla, Oregon....
, as part of the Colton School District or at Canby High School in Canby, Oregon. Still some go to school in Molalla, Oregon

Molalla, Oregon

Molalla is a city in Clackamas County, Oregon, Oregon, United States. The population was 5,647 at the 2000 census....
, as part of the Molalla River School District

Molalla River School District

Molalla River School District is a public school district serving Molalla, Oregon, United States and the surrounding area of Clackamas County, Oregon, including the communities of Clarkes, Oregon, Mulino, Oregon and Rural Dell, Oregon....

Points of interest

Miller House

Just after the turn of the century, the Miller family built a farm house on the corner of what is now Ridge Road and Lower Highland Road. The home was moved to keep it from being destroyed and is being restored by current Beavercreek residents Rick and Kassandra Young. The Miller House was the childhood home of Ava Helen Miller, who married Linus Pauling

Linus Pauling

Linus Carl Pauling was an United States scientist, peace activist, author and list of educators. He was one of the most influential chemists in history and ranks among the most important scientists in any field of the 20th century....
, the only person to be awarded on his own two Nobel Prize

Nobel Prize

The Nobel Prize , established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Nobel Prize in Physics, Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, Nobel Prize in Literature, and Nobel Peace Prize in 1901....
s (for chemistry in 1954 and for peace in 1962).

Notable residents

Jeff Gillooly
Tonya Harding
Tonya Harding

Tonya Maxene Harding is an American figure skating champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Figure Skating Championships....
Ava Helen Pauling
Ava Helen Pauling

Ava Helen Pauling was an United States human rights activist and wife of Nobel Prize winner Linus Pauling. Throughout her life, she was involved in various social movements including women's rights, Desegregation, and World peace....
(Miller)
Dave Ulmer, geocaching
Geocaching

Geocaching is an outdoor Treasure hunt game in which the participants use a Global Positioning System GPS receiver or other navigational techniques to hide and seek containers anywhere in the world....
pioneer.

External links

(official website, hosted on meetup.com)
official page at Clackamas County website