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Key facts
- Country
- United States
- State
- Oregon
- County
- Washington
- Type
- Council-manager
- Mayor
- Tim Rosener
- Total
- 4.89 sq mi (12.67 km )
- Land
- 4.89 sq mi (12.67 km )
- Water
- 0 sq mi (0.00 km )
- Elevation
- 207 ft (63 m)
- Estimate 2022
- 20,030
- Density
- 4,179.0/sq mi (1,613.51/km )
- Time zone
- UTC–8 ( Pacific (PST) )
- Summer dst
- UTC–7 (PDT)
- Area codes
- 503 , 971
- Fips code
- 41-67100
- Website
- sherwoodoregon.gov
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Sherwood
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Washington County
- Population
- 20450
- Area
- 11.17392
- Elevation
- 59
- Time zone
- UTC−07:00
- Official website
- www.ci.sherwood.or.us
- Image
- Sherwood DJIMini 1.jpg
- Households
- 6690
- Dialing code
- 503
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- Commons category
- Sherwood, Oregon
- postal code
- 97140
- inception
- 1889-00-00
- water as percent of area
- 0
- per capita income
- 41282
Sources (8)
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Encyclopedic overview
Sherwood from above
Sherwood is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Located in the southeast corner of the county, it is a residential community in the Tualatin Valley, southwest of Portland. The population was 20,450 at the 2020 census. Sherwood was first incorporated in 1893 as a town. Originally named Smockville after its founder, James Christopher Smock, the town was given its current name by local businessman Robert Alexander in 1891. The name "Sherwood" may have come from Sherwood, Michigan or the Sherwood Forest in England.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sherwood” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.