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Vinony's link graph records 190 inbound references to Sandy, and connects out to race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Austria and city.
The entry is geolocated on the map in OR.
It is catalogued under topics including 1853 in Oregon Territory, 1911 establishments in Oregon and Cities in Clackamas County, Oregon.
Vinony links it to 39 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Clackamas
- Incorporated
- August 11, 1911 ( 1911-08-11 )
- Mayor
- Kathleen Walker
- Total
- 3.64 sq mi (9.44 km )
- Land
- 3.63 sq mi (9.40 km )
- Water
- 0.015 sq mi (0.04 km )
- Elevation
- 1,101 ft (336 m)
- Density
- 3,474.6/sq mi (1,341.56/km )
- Time zone
- UTC-8 ( Pacific )
- Summer dst
- UTC-7 (Pacific)
- Area codes
- 503 and 971
- Fips code
- 41-65250
- Website
- www.ci.sandy.or.us
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sandy
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Clackamas County
- Population
- 12612
- Area
- 8.139758
- Elevation
- 1000
- Time zone
- UTC−08:00
- Official website
- www.ci.sandy.or.us
- Image
- Downtown sandy oregon.jpg
- Households
- 4110
- Dialing code
- 503
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- Commons category
- Sandy, Oregon
- postal code
- 97055
- inception
- 1913-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0.0472
- per capita income
- 34147
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Encyclopedic overview
Sandy is a city located in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States, settled c. 1853 and named after the nearby Sandy River. Located in the foothills of the Cascade Mountain Range, the city serves as the western gateway to the Mount Hood Corridor, and is located approximately 27 miles (43 km) east of Portland.
The city of Sandy was originally settled by travelers passing along Barlow Road, one of the final sections of the Oregon Trail, and initially known as Revenue, after settlers Francis and Lydia Revenue. The city subsequently took the name Sandy after the Sandy River, named by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark in 1805; the river and previously been named the Barings River, after Sir Francis Baring, 1st Baronet, following a 1792 expedition in the region.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sandy” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.