| Significant City History |
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Until the mid-1800s, Lake Oswego was a sleepy assembly of homesteads and farms between the Willamette and Tualatin Rivers in Oregon. A small population of Native Americans--the Clackamas Indians--had occupied the land, but diseases brought by early explorers killed all but a few. Those who remained ceded their territory to the Federal Government in 1855, and moved to the Grand Ronde Reservation in nearby Yamhill County.
The town of "Oswego" was founded in 1847 by Albert Alonzo Durham who secured the first Donation Land Claim. He built the town's first industry--a sawmill on Sucker Creek (now Oswego Creek).
Today, Lake Oswego is considered one top places to live in the nation.
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| Famous people |
| Mark Hatfield, Jon Arnett, Don Schollander, Gus Van Sant |
| City |
State |
Population |
Year Founded |
| Lake Oswego |
OR |
35,278 |
1847 |
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| Elevation |
Industry |
% Unemploy |
Avg. Income |
| 100 feet |
Iron |
3.2% |
99,494 |
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| Ethnic Groups |
% of Population |
Average Age |
Pop. Density |
| White |
91% |
41 |
3,410 per sq mi |
| Asian |
4% |
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| Hispanic |
2% |
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| Black |
1% |
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| Other / Mixed |
2% |
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| Avg Max Mean Temp |
Avg Max Mean Temp |
Avg Min Mean Temp |
Avg Min Mean Temp |
| July 1961 |
July 2000 |
Jan 1961 |
Jan 2000 |
| 81.2 |
87.8 |
37 |
41.8 |
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| Avg July Precip |
Avg July Precip |
Avg Jan Precip |
Avg Jan Precip |
| July 1961 |
July 2000 |
Jan 1961 |
Jan 2000 |
| 0.5 |
0.4 |
4.5 |
8 |
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| Current Avg |
% of Sunny Days |
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| Precip |
(Yearly) |
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| 4.3 |
46% |
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| State Ranking |
Total Carbon |
Total Carbon |
Resid. Carbon |
| C02 Footprint |
Output Per Person |
Output Lake Oswego |
Output Lake Oswego |
| (most consumption) |
Metric Tons of |
Metric Tons of |
Metric Tons of |
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CO2 Per Year |
CO2 Per Year |
CO2 Per Year |
| 41st |
11.81 |
416,633 |
93,486 |
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