Oregon City, Oregon

Oregon City, Oregon
Oregon City, Oregon
City
	The McLoughlin House, est. 1845
	Seal
	Nickname(s): End of the Oregon Trail, OC
	Motto(s): Urbs civitatis nostrae prima et mater (English: First and mothertown of our state)
	Location in Oregon
	Oregon City Oregon City
	Coordinates: 45°21′26″N 122°35′30″W / 45.35722°N 122.59167°W
Country	United States
State	Oregon
County	Clackamas
Founded	1829
Incorporated	1844
Government
• Mayor	Denyse McGriff
Area
• Total	10.29 sq mi (26.64 km2)
• Land	10.05 sq mi (26.03 km2)
• Water	0.24 sq mi (0.61 km2)
Elevation	466 ft (142 m)
Population (2020)
• Total	36,975
• Density	3,738.88/sq mi (1,443.54/km2)
Time zone	UTC−8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−7 (PDT)
ZIP code	97045
Area code(s)	503 and 971
FIPS code	41-55200
GNIS feature ID	2411332
Website	www.orcity.org

Oregon City is the county seat of Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, located on the Willamette River near the southern limits of the Portland metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 37,572. Established in 1829 by the Hudson's Bay Company, in 1844 it became the first U.S. city west of the Rocky Mountains to be incorporated.

^ "Mayor Denyse McGriff | Oregon City, OR". www.orcity.org. Archived from the original on May 11, 2024. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
^ "ArcGIS REST Services Directory". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ ^a ^b U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Oregon City, Oregon
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