Gales Creek is an
unincorporated community
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in
Washington County,
Oregon
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, United States on
Oregon Route 8
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northwest of
Forest Grove in the foothills of the
Oregon Coast Range
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.
Gales Creek shares its name with
a stream, a tributary of the
Tualatin River
The Tualatin River is a tributary of the Willamette River in Oregon in the United States. The river is about long, and it drains a fertile farming region called the Tualatin Valley southwest and west of Portland at the northwest corner of the W ...
, that was named for pioneer
Joseph Gale
Joseph Goff Gale (April 29, 1807 – December 13, 1881) was an American pioneer, trapper, entrepreneur, and politician who contributed to the early settlement of the Oregon Country. There he assisted in the construction of the first sailing vesse ...
, who settled in the area
The locale was sometimes called Gales City.
[ Gales Creek post office was established in 1874.][ In the 19th century the town was the last ]stagecoach
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stop on the way to Tillamook Tillamook may refer to:
Places:
* Tillamook County, Oregon, United States
* Tillamook, Oregon, a city, the seat of Tillamook County
* Tillamook River, United States
* Tillamook Bay, a bay in the northwestern part of Oregon
* Tillamook Head, a natu ...
.Forest Grove Fire and Rescue
Forest Grove Fire and Rescue is the municipal fire department for the city of Forest Grove, Oregon. Started in 1894, the department has two stations used to provide fire fighting and emergency medical services to both the city and the ''Forest G ...
district and has a fire station.
References
External links
*
Historic images of Gales Creek
from Salem Public Library
Gales Creek Chamber of Commerce
Populated places established in 1874
Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Oregon
1874 establishments in Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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