Boring (Oregon)
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| Foundation : | 1903 | ||
| State : | United States | ||
| State : | Oregon | ||
| County : | Clackamas County | ||
| Coordinates : | 45 ° 26 ′ N , 122 ° 22 ′ W | ||
| Time zone : | Mountain ( UTC − 7 / −6 ) | ||
Boring is an unincorporated village ( unincorporated community ) in Clackamas County , Oregon , United States . Boring is about 37 km southeast of central Portland , between the suburbs of Gresham and Clackamas . The place has about 8000 inhabitants.
history
The place was named after William H. Boring, an early resident of the area. Boring was a Union Army veteran who settled in Oregon after the Civil War . Boring died in 1932 at the age of 91 and was buried next to his wife in Damascus Pioneer Cemetery .
Boring was added to a land map in 1903 as Boring Junction . In the same year the post office opened under the name Boring . The name was also used by the railway line. 2005 targeted people of Boring for the place the status of a village on, a new model of local self-government in Oregon. However, after a polarizing debate, the proposal was narrowly rejected in a local referendum in 2006.
The name of the place seems unusual in English, as boring is also the English word for boring . To promote tourism in both villages, Boring entered into a playful partnership with Dull in Scotland in 2012 - dull can also be translated as boring . In 2013 the partnership was expanded to include the Australian administrative area of Bland Shire ; bland is another term for boring, uninteresting .
economy
Boring was known for its woodworking industry in the 20th century. The Portland Traction Company operated a now disused railway line from Portland via Gresham to Boring. In the 1950s, the railway companies Southern Pacific and Union Pacific took over a remaining route for freight traffic. In the meantime, a large part of the route has been converted into a long-distance hiking and cycling path known as the Springwater Corridor .
Born in Boring
- Maria Thayer (* 1975), actress
- Ryan Crouser (* 1992), American shot putter and discus thrower
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicole Dungca: Dull woman pushes for Boring partnership: Oregon town teams up with Scottish village ( English ) In: Oregon Live . April 25, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ A b Lewis A. McArthur, Lewis L. McArthur: Oregon Geographic Names . 7th edition. Oregon Historical Society Press, Portland, Oregon 2003, ISBN 0-87595-277-1 , pp. 101 .
- ↑ Marcus Hathcock: Five votes sink Boring village ( English ) In: Sandy Post . August 23, 2006. Archived from the original on March 12, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ↑ Boring in Oregon votes to pair with Dull in Perthshire ( English ) In: BBC News . June 6, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- ^ Vote due on link between village of Dull and US town of Boring . BBC News Scotland. June 5, 2012. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
- ^ Scots town Dull joins forces with Bland and Boring ( English ) In: The Scotsman . November 13, 2013. Retrieved September 22, 2014.