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Sheridan is a city in Yamhill County,
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, United States. Platted in the 1860s when it received a post office, Sheridan was incorporated in 1880. In 1913, much of the town burned in a fire and a flood covered much of the community in 1964. The population of Sheridan as of the 2020 Census was 6,233, an increase from 6,127 at the 2010 census. Located in the western part of the
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, Sheridan is at the base of the
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along the South Yamhill River. Sheridan lies around 13 miles southwest of the county seat of McMinnville, along Oregon Route 18. This highway and Oregon Route 18 Business run east–west through Sheridan and nearby Willamina, parallel to the river. Sheridan Bridge is the only river crossing within Sheridan. Sheridan's largest employer is Federal Correctional Institution, Sheridan, a federal minimum and medium security prison. Sheridan has a Mayor–council form of government, with daily operations run by a
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. The community has its own school district, with a single traditional high school. The main events each year in town are Sheridan Days and the Mud Drags, both held in June. Sheridan was named in honor of the
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general Philip Henry Sheridan.


History

Absolem B. Faulconer laid out the
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for what became the city of Sheridan in the mid-1860s. This plat was recorded with the county on December 13, 1866. He had settled in the area in 1847. The Sheridan post office was established on April 4, 1866, with Absolem's brother Thomas serving as
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. By 1871, the town had grown to include two blacksmith shops, one church, one school, one hotel, one wagon shop, and two
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s. In October 1878, the Dayton, Sheridan and Grand Ronde Railroad, a
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, reached the community. Sheridan, a timber and farming community southwest of
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and northwest of Salem, was incorporated in 1880. Sheridan was named for General Philip Sheridan, who was posted to Yamhill County and Fort Yamhill in the latter half of the 1850s to monitor the Native Americans at what is now the Grand Ronde Reservation west of the city. By 1894, Sheridan had grown to 400 residents, one bank, two hotels, three churches, and a flouring mill. At that time there was a daily train to the city as well as daily
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service from McMinnville, and a single wooden bridge over the river. Agriculture was the main industry in Sheridan's early years. Around 1910, the main crops included
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, clover-seed, hay, potatoes, onions, and a variety of fruits including apples, prunes, and pears. In March 1910, 150 workers at a lumber yard owned by the Sheridan Lumber Company went on strike for higher wages. The strike was supported by Portland members of the
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who picketed employment agencies in Portland to prevent the company from hiring
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s. The action was successful and the workers won a pay increase of twenty-five cents per day, . On July 18, 1913, a fire that destroyed most of the commercial district caused $300,000 in damage. Most of the buildings were rebuilt with brick within six months. On October 30, 1930, the
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purchased an farm on a hill overlooking the city. There they started St. Francis Xavier's
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, a school for training priests for the order. Opening in a new building and several existing farm buildings in 1931, St. Francis Xavier's added more buildings over the next several decades. In 1932, the state built a highway through Sheridan from McMinnville to the
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, which became Oregon Route 18 or the Salmon River Highway. With funds received through the
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, the current
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across the South Yamhill River was built and opened in 1939. By 1940,
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was still a major industry, and the timber industry was growing in importance to the local economy. At that time the city had grown to a population of 1,008 people. The state built a bypass around Sheridan and Willamina that opened in 1957 to carry Oregon Route 18 on the south end of the city. The old alignment through the center of town became Oregon Route 18 Business. Sheridan had its largest flooding in history on December 22, 1964. The South Yamhill overflowed its banks and isolated the town for two days. The Jesuits sold their training school in 1974 to the Delphian Foundation, who then opened
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at the site in 1976. In 1989, a federal minimum and medium security prison called the Federal Correctional Institution opened on the south side of Sheridan. At that time, Sheridan had a population of around 2,500 people. Sheridan moved its
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into the old railroad station in January 1993, and expanded the renovated building in 1995. The
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erroneously listed Sheridan's population as 3,570 in the 2000 Census after mis-listing the prison's population in the wrong
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.''Hartung v. Bradbury'', 332 Or. 570, 33 P.3d 972 (2001) This error of about 2000 people was enough to throw off the state legislative districts beyond their margin of acceptance and the
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ruled the Secretary of State must re-draw the boundary lines to match the correct data. Sheridan also counts the prison population as part of the city's official population. In December 2008, a two-alarm fire gutted the 1875 United Methodist Church in the city.


Geography

According to the
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, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and is water. The South Yamhill River divides the city between north and south, and is prone to flooding the city. Deer Creek is the only other stream in the city. Sheridan is located in the western part of the
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at an elevation of above sea level. The city lies at the foothills of the
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. Surrounding cities include Willamina about to the west along Oregon 18B, Amity about due east, and McMinnville about to the northeast. Other communities include Ballston to the southeast, Shipley due west, the Gopher Valley to the north and east, and
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to the northeast along Oregon 18. Sheridan is about one-and-a-half miles north of the Polk County line, with the county seat of
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approximately south of Sheridan.


Climate

Sheridan, as part of the Willamette Valley, is within the
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climate zone. Summers in there are generally warm, but temperatures year-round are moderated by a marine influence from the
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. The city receives most of its
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during the mild to cool winter months, with the wettest period from November through March. Sheridan's average annual precipitation totals , with the wettest month coming in December. August is the warmest month with an average high temperature of , while December is the coolest month with an average high of . December is also on average the wettest month with . July is the driest month of the year, on average. The highest recorded temperature in Sheridan, , has occurred twice, on July 19, 1956, and August 8, 1981. Sheridan's lowest ever recorded temperature was on January 31, 1950.


Transportation

The city is served by two main roads, Oregon Route 18 and Oregon Route 18 Business. The business route, also known as Main Street, runs through downtown on the north side of the South Yamhill River and connects to Shipley and Willamina, to the west. The Sheridan Bridge on Bridge Street connects the two sides of the city across the river. The railroad has the only other bridge crossing the river in the city. Oregon Route 18 connects to McMinnville, the county seat, and beyond to the Portland metropolitan area to the east. Other major roads include Sheridan Street, Mill Street, Sherman Street, Cherry Hill Road, and Rock Creek Road. Willamette & Pacific Railroad provides freight rail service to the city, but there is no passenger rail in the city. Sheridan does not have any public use airports, with McMinnville Municipal Airport as the closest public airport. One local private airport is Abba's Airport, but half the airstrip is now part of a solar farm while the other half appears inactive and overgrown. There is public transportation via Yamhill Community Action Partnership with a bus to McMinnville.


Economy

The economy of Sheridan includes agriculture, timber, manufacturing, and service sector employment. As of 2000, the Spirit Mountain Casino outside of the city employed the most people in the area with 1,000 employees. The federal prison was the largest employer in the city with 500 employees, followed by Liberty Homes with 100 employees at the
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s builder. The closest hospital is the Willamette Valley Medical Center in McMinnville. The
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is centered on Bridge and Main streets, with their intersection as the location of the only
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in the city. There were 12 manufacturing companies in Sheridan, one commercial bank, and one
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as of 2006. Sheridan also has one gas station, two grocery stores, one pharmacy, five restaurants, and two hardware stores among other businesses.
The Delphian School Delphian School is a private, co-educational K–12 boarding and day school near Sheridan, Oregon, US. It is operated by Delphi Schools on a 720-acre campus. Founded in 1976, Delphian primarily teaches children in grades 8–12, with most livi ...
in unincorporated Yamhill County, near Sheridan, houses the offices of Delphi Schools and Heron Books.


Government

City police protection is provided under contract by the Yamhill County Sheriff's Office. The office maintains a substation at Sheridan's city hall. Sheridan Fire District provides fire protection to the city and more than of the surrounding area including neighboring Ballston. The district operates three fire stations, one in the city, and had 35 firefighters as of 1998. Sheridan is a
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charter city, with a mayor-council government. Cale George is the mayor, who heads the city council that includes six others, with the mayor voting to break ties. Council members and the mayor are elected to four-year terms. A city manager runs the daily operations of the city's government. City hall is located in the building that once served as the city's train depot. Sheridan operates its own water and wastewater treatment systems, both built in 1949. Drinking water comes from the South Yamhill River and from springs on Stony Mountain to the north. Sheridan has two city parks, Sheridan City Park that includes a skatepark, and South Park along Oregon Route 18 that features a fishing pond. Additionally, there is the J. A. Art Hebert Memorial Plaza on Bridge Street near the river.


Demographics


2010 census

As of the
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of 2010, there were 6,127 people, 1,543 households, and 1,085 families residing in the city. The
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was . There were 1,671 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the city was 74.9%
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, 5.5%
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, 4.8% Native American, 2.1% Asian, 0.7%
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, 7.6% from other races, and 4.4% from two or more races.
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or Latino of any race were 16.6% of the population. There were 1,543 households, of which 41.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 48.0% were
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living together, 15.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 6.9% had a male householder with no wife present, and 29.7% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.22. The median age in the city was 35.7 years. 20.5% of residents were under the age of 18; 8.8% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 38% were from 25 to 44; 23.8% were from 45 to 64; and 8.9% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 63.8% male and 36.2% female. The average household size was 2.92, while the median income for a household in the city was $49,940.


Education


Primary and secondary schools


Public schools

Sheridan is served by the Sheridan School District, which includes four schools. The Faulconer-Chapman School serves 608 students in grades
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through eighth. Sheridan High School is the main high school, with students in grades nine through twelve. Known as the Spartans, the Class 3A school has an enrollment of 287. Opportunity House house is an alternative high school with 49 students in grades ten through twelve, while the Sheridan Japanese School (a charter school) had 88 students in grades four through twelve. As of 2008, the district had 1,042 students and 69 staff members. But in June 2022, the school shut down permanently due to finance problems and not enough students applying to the school the year after.


Private schools

The Delphian School Delphian School is a private, co-educational K–12 boarding and day school near Sheridan, Oregon, US. It is operated by Delphi Schools on a 720-acre campus. Founded in 1976, Delphian primarily teaches children in grades 8–12, with most livi ...
, a K-12 Scientology-affiliated
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, is located in unincorporated Yamhill County, near Sheridan. The school uses the study methods known as
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that were developed by
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founder
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. Enrollment at the
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through twelfth grade school is 260 students, which includes a majority of students living in dorms on the campus.


Colleges and universities

There are no colleges in Sheridan, but the city is within the Chemeketa Community College district that includes a campus in McMinnville.
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, also in McMinnville, is the closest four-year college with
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,
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in Salem, and
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in Newberg all located in the surrounding areas.


Culture

Built in 1892, Travelers Home on northeast Yamhill was added to the
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(NRHP) in 1982, and is the only building on the NRHP in Sheridan (as of 2011). The city operates a single branch
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at Bridge and Yamhill streets on the north side of the city. The library is a member of the Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Service and is housed in a , one-story building. In 2007, it had a collection of 33,792 items with a circulation of 187,000 among 4,256 registered users. The local newspaper is the once per week ''
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'', published on Wednesdays. The paper was founded in 1890 and has a circulation of 1,263. Broadcast radio and television stations from Portland are also available, as is the regional newspaper ''
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'', also from Portland. The city hosts two main annual events, Sheridan Hometown Days and the Mud Drags. Hometown Days takes place over a weekend each June and includes a
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. Most events are held at the high school and includes
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type activities and rides. The Mud Drags are held in early June and sponsored by the local
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group. Competitors race vehicles through the mud to win prize money. The event draws crowds of 4,000 and includes a children's race through the mud. Civic groups include those involved in history, fraternal groups, and commercial promotion. The Sheridan Museum of History is a building-less group with a collection of artifacts and photographs displayed in borrowed space, including at the Yamhill County Historical Society Museum in McMinnville. Commercial groups include the Sheridan
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and the West Valley Chamber of Commerce. Other civic groups include the Rotary International club, the
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, a Rebekah Lodge, and the Woman's Study Club of Sheridan.


McMinnville UFO Photographs

In May 1950, the Sheridan farm of Paul and Evelyn Trent was the scene of the famous UFO sighting which produced the controversial McMinnville UFO photographs, first published in the '' McMinnville Telephone-Register'' and later in ''
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'' Magazine. Although these pictures have come to be known as "The McMinville UFO Photographs", the Trent farm was actually located in Sheridan, ''not'' McMinnville, which is approximately 13 miles to the northeast of Sheridan.


Notable people

The city is home to several notable people. Barbara Roberts, who served in the state legislature and as Oregon Secretary of State before election as
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grew up in Sheridan and graduated from Sheridan High School. High jumper
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also graduated from the high school and won a bronze medal at the
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in
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.
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, recording engineer and recording studio owner, who recorded musicians from the Big Band era to the Grateful Dead and whose work advanced the state of the art of musical recording, grew up in Sheridan, before attending the University of Oregon.


See also

* Oregonian Railway


References


External links

*
City of Sheridan

Listing for Sheridan
in the ''
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