Powellhurst-Gilbert is a neighborhood in the Southeast section of
Portland, Oregon
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. It borders the neighborhoods of
Montavilla,
Hazelwood, and
Mill Park
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on the north,
Centennial
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Notable events
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on the east,
Pleasant Valley on the east and south, and
Lents and
South Tabor on the west.
According to the Neighborhood Plan, the neighborhood is named after two of its schools: Powellhurst (named in the 1920s after 1850s settler Jackson Powell) and Gilbert (named after William M. Gilbert, an Indiana emigrant who settled in the area c. 1890).
Settlement of the community by farmers via the
Donation Land Claim Act
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began in the middle of the 19th century. Rail service to Portland began in 1892, spurring residential development. The resulting suburb was gradually annexed by Portland beginning in the 1960s and completing in 1994.
The neighborhood includes the
Jade District commercial and cultural center.
Powellhurst-Gilbert contains Portland's largest Asian population, making up 17.89% of the city's population.
With a population of 32,852, it is Portland's most populous neighborhood.
See also
* ''
Heart Beacon'' (2013)
*
Kelly Butte Natural Area
References
External links
Outer Southeast Community Plan: Adopted Powellhurst-Gilbert Neighborhood Plan(Portland Bureau of Planning, March 1996)
(PortlandNeighborhood.com)
Powellhurst-Gilbert Street Tree Inventory Report
Former census-designated places in Oregon
Neighborhoods in Portland, Oregon
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