Piedmont is a neighborhood in the north and northeast sections of Portland, Oregon, United States. The Piedmont subdivision was platted in 1889 by Edward Quackenbush, and promoted in an early flyer as "The Emerald, Portland's Evergreen Suburb, Devoted Exclusively to Dwellings, A Place of Homes." The original subdivision, now known as "Historic Piedmont," includes parts of the Humboldt and King neighborhoods, as well as the modern Piedmont neighborhood south of Rosa Parks Way.
Piedmont | |
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Neighborhood | |
 Location in Portland | |
| Coordinates: 45°34′28″N 122°40′15″W / 45.57444°N 122.67073°WPDF map | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Oregon |
| City | Portland |
| Government | |
| • Association | Piedmont Neighborhood Association |
| • Coalition | North Portland Neighborhood Services |
| Area | |
• Total | 0.97 sq mi (2.50 km2) |
| Population (2010)[1] | |
• Total | 7,025 |
| • Density | 7,300/sq mi (2,800/km2) |
| Housing | |
| • No. of households | 2,983 |
| • Occupancy rate | 96% occupied |
| • Owner-occupied | 1,844 households (62%) |
| • Renting | 1,030 households (35%) |
| • Avg. household size | 2.36 persons |
In 1947, after a failed attempt to build a NABISCO factory in the Rose City Park neighborhood, a factory location along Columbia Boulevard was chosen.[2] The plant was completed in August 1950.[2]
Features
editPopular culture
editIn the book The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks, there is a faux zombie attack recorded in which zombies attacked Piedmont and the citizens attempt to hide in the cave mines.[3]
See also
edit- Doll Asylum, an annual Halloween experience hosted at a private residence from 2010 to 2017 when the owners moved to Astoria, Oregon
References
edit- ^ a b "Piedmont". PortlandMaps. City of Portland. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
- ^ a b MacColl, E. Kimbark (1979). The Growth of a City: Power and Politics in Portland, Oregon 1915–1950. Portland, Oregon: The Georgian Press. ISBN 0-9603408-1-5.
- ^ Brooks, Max. The Zombie Survival Guide (PDF). New York, NY. pp. 208–209. ISBN 1-4000-4962-8. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
External links
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Media related to Piedmont, Portland, Oregon at Wikimedia Commons- Piedmont Street Tree Inventory Report
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