Beavercreek is an unincorporated

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and

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Clackamas County Clackamas County ( ) is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 421,401, making it Oregon's third-most populous county. Its county seat is Oregon City. The county was named after the na ...

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, United States, located southeast of Oregon City. The population was 4,485 at the 2010 census.

Demographics

History

According to ''

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'', the name "Beaver Creek" was first used for a school district in this area in the early 1850s. It was named for the creek that flows through the community and into the

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. A post office operated under various names in the locality until 1922, when the name was changed to Beavercreek, the form still used today. Beavercreek's ZIP code is 97004. In the summer of 2006, the citizens of Beavercreek voted to become Oregon's first hamlet, a system of quasi-government which exists in Clackamas County, Oregon. A final hearing by the board of county commissioners on the formation of the hamlet took place in September 2006, and officially recognized the community as The Hamlet of Beavercreek. The hamlet holds monthly community meetings at the Beavercreek Grange hall, except for quarterly town hall meetings, which may be held at other locations to accommodate attendance.

Education

The community is served by the Oregon City School District, Canby School District, Colton School District, and Molalla River School District. Beavercreek Elementary School is located in the Hamlet.

Points of interest

Miller House

Just after 1900, the Miller family built a farm house on the corner of what is now Ridge Road and Lower Highland Road. The home was moved to keep it from being destroyed and is being restored by current Beavercreek residents Rick and Kassandra Young. The Miller House was the childhood home of Ava Helen Miller, who married

Linus Pauling Linus Carl Pauling ( ; February 28, 1901August 19, 1994) was an American chemist and peace activist. He published more than 1,200 papers and books, of which about 850 dealt with scientific topics. ''New Scientist'' called him one of the 20 gre ...

, the only person to be awarded two unshared

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s (for chemistry in 1954 and for peace in 1962).

Geocaching

Beavercreek is the birthplace of

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. The first documented placement of a GPS-located cache took place on May 3, 2000, by Dave Ulmer of Beavercreek a few miles west of the community.

Notable residents

* Tonya Harding, figure skater * Ava Helen Pauling (Miller),Ava Helen Pauling
/ref> human rights activist, wife of Linus Pauling

References

External links

Beavercreek Hamlet map

Hamlet of Beavercreek
(official website, hosted on meetup.com)
The Hamlet of Beavercreek
official page at Clackamas County website {{authority control Hamlets in Oregon Portland metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Clackamas County, Oregon Census-designated places in Oregon Census-designated places in Clackamas County, Oregon Unincorporated communities in Oregon