Corbett is an

unincorporated community An unincorporated area is a region that is not governed by a local municipal corporation. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. Most other countries of the world either hav ...

on the Columbia River in eastern

Multnomah County Multnomah County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the county's population was 815,428. Multnomah County is part of the Portland–Vancouver– Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area. Tho ...

Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idah ...

, United States. It is located on the Historic Columbia River Highway (a.k.a. Crown Point Highway) between the

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and Crown Point. Corbett was named for prominent pioneer Senator

Henry W. Corbett Henry Winslow Corbett (February 18, 1827March 31, 1903) was an American businessman, politician, civic benefactor, and philanthropist in the state of Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he spent his early life in the East and New York (state), ...

. Senator Corbett purchased a farm in the area in 1885. After several name changes, the post office in the area was named "Corbett" in 1895. Corbett's ZIP Code is 97019. Corbett School District runs the

Corbett School Corbett School is a K-12 public school in Corbett, Oregon, United States. In 2010, Corbett School was ranked 5th among public schools in the United States by ''Newsweek'', as measured by the proportion of students who passed college prep courses. ...

and the

Corbett Charter School Corbett may refer to: * List of Corbetts (mountains), 222 mountains in Scotland between , with prominence over * Corbett, Oregon, a community in the United States * Corbett Award, US award for athletics administrators * Corbett (surname), people ...

Notable people

* Julius Meier, politician * Billy Oskay, musician *

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, politician * Fritz Springmeier, author * Dave Stief, football player *

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, Navy SEAL

References

External links

Privately owned Corbett community website
Columbia River Gorge Historic Columbia River Highway Portland metropolitan area Unincorporated communities in Multnomah County, Oregon 1895 establishments in Oregon Populated places established in 1895 Unincorporated communities in Oregon {{MultnomahCountyOR-geo-stub