Hosford-Abernethy is a neighborhood in the inner Southeast section of

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. It borders Buckman and Sunnyside on the north,

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on the east,

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and Creston-Kenilworth on the south, and (across the

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)

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and South Portland on the west. Hosford-Abernethy was named in the 1970s for two schools in the neighborhood, Hosford Middle School (commemorating early Portland resident and Methodist minister

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) and Abernethy Elementary School (commemorating fellow Methodist minister and Provisional Governor of the

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). The north central area of the neighborhood, with its distinctive X-shaped street pattern, is known as

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. The

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is located on the riverfront of Hosford-Abernethy, at the southern end of the Vera Katz Eastbank Esplanade.

References

External links

Hosford-Abernethey Neighborhood Association website

HOSFORD-ABERNETHY: A brief history, by Val BallestremHosford-Abernethy Street Tree Inventory Report
Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon {{MultnomahCountyOR-geo-stub