Corbett, Oregon
Corbett is an unincorporated community on the Columbia River in eastern Multnomah County, Oregon, United States. It is located on the Historic Columbia River Highway (a.k.a. Crown Point Highway) between the Sandy River and Crown Point.
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Coordinates: 45°31′55″N 122°17′24″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
County | Multnomah |
Time zone | UTC-8 (Pacific (PST)) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-7 (PDT) |
ZIP codes | 97019 |
Corbett was named for prominent pioneer Senator Henry W. Corbett.[1] Senator Corbett purchased a farm in the area in 1885. After several name changes, the post office in the area was named "Corbett" in 1895. Corbett's ZIP Code is 97019.
Corbett School District runs the Corbett School and the Corbett Charter School.
Notable people
- Julius Meier, politician
- Billy Oskay, musician
- Patti Smith, politician
- Fritz Springmeier, author
- Dave Stief, football player
- Jeff Lucas, Navy SEAL
gollark: In general, if you did a survey or something, I think you would find that people are annoyed by microcrafting. Also, sleep is important and you should do it.
gollark: Unlikely.
gollark: Well, it's a preference thing, but I don't think anyone *enjoys* deeply nested crafting recipes.
gollark: CC is good for this as I just build a computer, write code and connect some peripherals.
gollark: I would use OC more if it was easy to make a basic simple OC machine to interact with some machinery I need automated.
References
- McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. ISBN 978-0875952772.
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