Sandy (Oregon)

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Sandy
Sandy, Oregon, 2008.jpg
Location in Oregon
Clackamas County Oregon Incorporated and Unincorporated areas Sandy Highlighted.svg
Basic data
Foundation : 1913
State : United States
State : Oregon
County : Clackamas County
Coordinates : 45 ° 24 ′  N , 122 ° 16 ′  W Coordinates: 45 ° 24 ′  N , 122 ° 16 ′  W
Time zone : Pacific ( UTC − 8 / −7 )
Residents : 9,570 (as of 2010)
Population density : 1,059.8 inhabitants per km 2
Area : 9.03 km 2  (approx. 3 mi 2 )
Height : 299 m
Postal code : 97055
Area code : +1 503 and 971
FIPS : 41-65250
GNIS ID : 1149054
Website : www.ci.sandy.or.us

Sandy is a city in Clackamas County in the US state of Oregon .

location

Sandy is located on the Sandy River about 25 kilometers east of County Seat Oregon City at an altitude of 299 meters. US Highway 26 runs through the city .

The city has an area of ​​9.03 km², of which 9.0 km² is land and 0.03 km² is water.

history

The first settlers, the Revenue family, settled on Barlow Road , built in 1846, in 1853 , and opened a trading post for settlers who moved to the Willamette Valley via the Oregon Trail from the east . The developing place was first named Revenue after its founders , first at the end of the 19th century it was renamed Sandy after the river . The former village was incorporated as a city in 1913.

Demographics

According to the 2010 United States Census , Sandy had 9,570 inhabitants, of which 4,678 were men and 4,892 were women. 3,052 inhabitants were under 20 years old, 393 over 65.

Web links

Commons : Sandy, Oregon  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Sandy. In: Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved January 4, 2018 (American English).
  2. 2018 US Gazetteer Files. In: www2.census.gov. US Census Bureau, accessed January 16, 2019 .
  3. ^ Sandy History. In: Official Website for the City of Sandy, Oregon. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
  4. ^ Sandy city, Oregon. In: American FactFinder. US Census Bureau, accessed January 15, 2019 .