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Orenco may refer to: * Orenco Station, Hillsboro, Oregon, a planned community in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States *Orenco, Oregon, a former town and current neighborhood in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States *Oregon Nursery Company, a former company whose name was combined to make the term Orenco * Orenco station (TriMet), a light rail train stop in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States *Orenco (aircraft manufacturer) Orenco was an American aircraft manufacturer founded in 1916 in New York as Ordnance Engineering Corporation. Confusion with the Ordnance Branch of the United States Army led to the shortening of the name in 1919. The company's first project was ...

Orenco Station, Hillsboro, Oregon
Orenco Station is a neighborhood of the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. The planned urban town center was designed as a pedestrian-friendly, high-density community built in conjunction with TriMet’s Westside light rail. It was built on land formerly owned by the Oregon Nursery Company, land home around the turn of the 20th century to Orenco, a company town. During the Great Depression, the company went out of business, and much of the nursery land became vacant until re-development began in 1997. Orenco Station is near the intersection of NE Century Blvd. (formerly NW 231st/NW 229th Avenues) and Cornell Road, centered on the Orenco MAX Station. History The town of Orenco was named after the company, with OREgon Nursery COmpany becoming ORENCO. After the company closed, the town disincorporated in 1938.Hanberg, Lou. Orenco Heritage Series: Book One. 1992. In 1993, construction on TriMet’s extension to its MAX Light Rail system began, and planning for new high-de ...
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Orenco, Oregon
Orenco (or en koh) is a former company town in Washington County, Oregon, United States, located between Hillsboro and Aloha. The former community of Orenco now forms the Orenco neighborhood in Hillsboro, which is the site of the Orenco Station housing development. The community was established in 1905 as a company town by the Oregon Nursery Company, within a 1200-acre (4.9 km2) area owned by the company. The name Orenco is a composite of the company's initials. The Oregon Electric Railway established Orenco Station in 1908, and Orenco post office operated from 1909 to 1963. The Oregon Nursery Company shut down during the depression. Orenco later became part of Hillsboro. The company was responsible for introducing the Orenco Apple, a dessert apple, in the early 20th century. Geography Orenco is located in the Tualatin Valley, with Rock Creek and other smaller streams running through the area. Major roads in the area include U.S. Route 26, Cornelius Pass Road, Cornell Road ...
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Oregon Nursery Company
The Oregon Nursery Company (also known as Orenco) was a nursery company founded and originally operated in Salem, Oregon, United States. The company later expanded to a site in Washington County, Oregon west of Portland. The entire operation was eventually moved to Washington County, where the company founded the town of Orenco. The company went bankrupt in 1927. Its legacy is the Orenco place name that is still widely used in the Hillsboro area. History The Capital City Nursery company was founded by 1867.Mendelson, Kathy"Apples: Orenco"(source: Oregon Nursery Company, ''Descriptive Catalogue of Fruit and Ornamental Trees'', 8th ed., Orenco, Oregon: Oregon Nursery Company, 1913), Pacific Northwest Garden History, 4 August 2008. It originally operated from a site in Salem just east of the Willamette University campus, along State Street. The company changed its name to the Oregon Nursery Company in 1896 to reflect its expanding business. By 1904, the company was one ...
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Orenco Station (TriMet)
Orenco is a light rail station in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States, served by TriMet as part of the MAX Light Rail system. It is the seventh station eastbound on the Blue Line, situated between the and stations. The two-track, island platform station serves the Orenco Station neighborhood, which is considered a model for smart growth and transit-oriented development. It features a 125-space park and ride, a bike and ride, and connections to TriMet bus route 47–Baseline/Evergreen and Ride Connection's North Hillsboro Link. An Oregon Electric Railway (OE) depot of the same name served the area in the early 20th century. The TriMet station was built as part of the Westside MAX project, which extended MAX from downtown Portland to downtown Hillsboro in 1998. In 2017, TriMet simplified the station's name from "Orenco/Northwest 231st Avenue" after the city renamed Northwest 231st Avenue to Northeast Century Boulevard. History Historic Orenco was a community established in ...
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