Gales Creek is an
unincorporated community in
Washington County,
Oregon
Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...
, United States on
Oregon Route 8 northwest of
Forest Grove in the foothills of the
Oregon Coast Range.
Gales Creek shares its name with
a stream, a tributary of the
Tualatin River, that was named for pioneer
Joseph Gale, 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 stop on the way to Tillamook.]
References
External links
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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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