Sandy (Oregon)
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Foundation : | 1913 |
State : | United States |
State : | Oregon |
County : | Clackamas County |
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
- Sandy official website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sandy. In: Geographic Names Information System. Retrieved January 4, 2018 (American English).
- ↑ 2018 US Gazetteer Files. In: www2.census.gov. US Census Bureau, accessed January 16, 2019 .
- ^ Sandy History. In: Official Website for the City of Sandy, Oregon. Retrieved January 19, 2019 .
- ^ Sandy city, Oregon. In: American FactFinder. US Census Bureau, accessed January 15, 2019 .