Scholls, Oregon is an

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in Washington County,

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, United States. It is located along the southern shore 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 ...

, near the intersection of Oregon Routes

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and

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. Scholls is located approximately seven miles north of Newberg, seven miles west of Tigard and eight miles south of Hillsboro. The area around Scholls is primarily agricultural.

History

Groner Elementary School - Scholls, Oregon

According to '' Oregon Geographic Names'', the community was named after local pioneer Peter Scholl, who took up a

donation land claim The Donation Land Claim Act of 1850, sometimes known as the Donation Land Act, was a statute enacted by the United States Congress in late 1850, intended to promote homestead settlements in the Oregon Territory. It followed the Distribution-Preem ...

in 1847. Scholls was once the site of an important ferry (Scholls Ferry) crossing the Tualatin River between Scholls and nearby Kinton. While the ferry has long since been replaced with a bridge, OR 210 is still known locally as Scholls Ferry Road. Peter Scholl was a relative of

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, probably related through Boone's grandson Alphonso Boone, an Oregon pioneer who built

Boones Ferry Boones Ferry (also Boone's Ferry) was a cable ferry which crossed the Willamette River near present-day Wilsonville, Oregon, United States, from 1847 to 1954. It was part of a major land-based thoroughfare in pioneer times linking fledgling Portl ...

. A general store has operated in the community since the 1890s, and was purchased by the Petrich family in 1964. The original Petrichs General Store burned down in 1994. Scholls is in Oregon's wine country, and there are several notable wineries are in the area, including the Ponzi Vineyards and Raptor Ridge Winery, which produce award winning wines such as

Pinot gris Pinot Gris, Pinot Grigio (, ) or Grauburgunder is a white wine grape variety of the species ''Vitis vinifera''. Thought to be a mutant clone of the Pinot Noir variety, it normally has a grayish-blue fruit, accounting for its name, but the gra ...

, Pinot noir and Chardonnay. "Scholls Ferry" post office was established in 1871, and the name changed to "Scholls" in 1895. Scholls' ZIP Code is 97123.

Campo Azul

Campo Azul was a migrant camp located on a farm near Scholls. The camp, which was founded in the 1970s, was named for the color of the housing units which were on the farm. Historically farmworkers, and in some cases their children, lived on the farm and worked on surrounding area farms. For many decades, as many as 90 or so adults and children lived at the camp. According to

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, the camp had initially been considered as a location for the New Thought church

Living Enrichment Center Living Enrichment Center (LEC) was a New Thought organization and retreat center in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was founded in the farmhouse of senior minister Mary Manin Morrissey of Scholls, Oregon, in the mid-1970s; the church moved to a 94, ...

. Upon the death of Loraine Boggs, the ownership of the camp was in dispute. Only after various legal negotiations was ownership of the farm settled. The farm was sold in 2004, and by 2009 the new owners began operating a U-pick Pumpkin Patch and a livestock sheep operation. Today, the farm is also a rustic venue for private events and celebrations; and a place for community farming.

References

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Historic images of Scholls from Salem Public Library
{{Authority control Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Oregon 1871 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1871 Unincorporated communities in Oregon