Elmonica is an unincorporated community in
Washington County, Oregon
Washington County is one of Oregon counties, 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon and part of the Portland metropolitan area. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census recorded the population as 600,372, making it the second most populous c ...
, United States, located partially in the northwest area of
Beaverton. The community is named for a station on the old
Oregon Electric Railway
The Oregon Electric Railway (OE) was an interurban streetcar, interurban railroad line in the U.S. state of Oregon that linked Portland, Oregon, Portland to Eugene, Oregon, Eugene.
History
Service from Portland to Salem, Oregon, Salem began in ...
, derived from the names of the daughters of an owner of land along the route.
Samuel B. Stoy, a Portland insurance executive, owned property along the proposed OE line and only gave permission for the railroad to go through his property if the company agreed to name the station after his daughters, Eleanor and Monica.
After the station was named Elmonica, this then led to the area around the station becoming known as Elmonica as well.
References
Unincorporated communities in Washington County, Oregon
Unincorporated communities in Oregon
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