Piedmont, Portland, Oregon

Piedmont
Neighborhood
Map
Location in Portland
Coordinates: 45°34′28″N 122°40′15″W / 45.57444°N 122.67073°W / 45.57444; -122.67073PDF map
CountryUnited States
StateOregon
CityPortland
Government
 • AssociationPiedmont Neighborhood Association
 • CoalitionNorth Portland Neighborhood Services
Area
 • Total0.97 sq mi (2.50 km2)
Population
 (2010)[1]
 • Total7,025
 • Density7,300/sq mi (2,800/km2)
Housing
 • No. of households2,983
 • Occupancy rate96% occupied
 • Owner-occupied1,844 households (62%)
 • Renting1,030 households (35%)
 • Avg. household size2.36 persons

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.

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]

  1. ^ a b "Piedmont". PortlandMaps. City of Portland. Archived from the original on September 9, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2019.
  2. ^ 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.