Hosford-Abernethy, Portland, Oregon

Hosford-Abernethy is a neighborhood in the inner Southeast section of Portland, Oregon. It borders Buckman and Sunnyside on the north, Richmond on the east, Brooklyn and Creston-Kenilworth on the south, and (across the Willamette River) Downtown Portland and South Portland on the west.

Hosford-Abernethy
Neighborhood
Hosford-Abernethy
Coordinates: 45°30′17″N 122°38′42″WPDF map
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CityPortland
Government
 • AssociationHosford-Abernethy Neighborhood
    Development Association (HAND)
 • CoalitionSoutheast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Area
 • Total1.30 sq mi (3.36 km2)
Population
 (2000)[1]
 • Total6,932
 • Density5,300/sq mi (2,100/km2)
Housing
 • No. of households3243
 • Occupancy rate96% occupied
 • Owner-occupied1660 households (51%)
 • Renting1583 households (49%)
 • Avg. household size2.14 persons

Hosford-Abernethy was named in the 1970s for two schools in the neighborhood, Hosford Middle School[2] (commemorating early Portland resident and Methodist minister Chauncey Hosford) and Abernethy Elementary School[3] (commemorating fellow Methodist minister and Provisional Governor of the Oregon Territory, George Abernethy).

The north central area of the neighborhood, with its distinctive X-shaped street pattern, is known as Ladd's Addition.

The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry is located on the riverfront of Hosford-Abernethy, at the southern end of the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade.

References
  1. Demographics (2000)
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2006-09-15.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.pps.k12.or.us/schools-c/pages/abernethy/


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