Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Benton
- Body
- Philomath City Council
- Mayor
- Christopher McMorran
- Total
- 2.22 sq mi (5.76 km )
- Land
- 2.07 sq mi (5.35 km )
- Water
- 0.16 sq mi (0.42 km )
- Elevation
- 282 ft (86 m)
- Density
- 2,592.2/sq mi (1,000.85/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Fips code
- 41-57450
- Website
- www.ci.philomath.or.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Philomath
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Benton County
- Population
- 5350
- Area
- 5.298574
- Elevation
- 279
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Official website
- www.ci.philomath.or.us
- Image
- Benton County Historical Museum.jpg
- Households
- 1873
- Dialing code
- 541
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- postal code
- 97370
- Commons category
- Philomath, Oregon
- inception
- 1882-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 9.2136
- per capita income
- 31299
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Encyclopedic overview
Philomath (/fɪˈloʊmɪθ/ fi-LOH-mith) is a city in Benton County, Oregon, United States. It was named for Philomath (Greek, "love of learning") College. The population was 5,838 as of the 2023 census population estimates. It is part of the Corvallis Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Philomath” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.