Marshall Park | |
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Neighborhood | |
Coordinates: 45°27′15″N122°41′44″W / 45.45405°N 122.69542°W Coordinates: 45°27′15″N122°41′44″W / 45.45405°N 122.69542°W PDF map | |
Country | United States |
State | Oregon |
City | Portland |
Government | |
• Association | Marshall Park Neighborhood Association |
• Coalition | Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc. |
Area | |
• Total | 0.61 sq mi (1.58 km2) |
Population (2000) [1] | |
• Total | 1,427 |
• Density | 2,300/sq mi (900/km2) |
Housing | |
• No. of households | 557 |
• Occupancy rate | 97% occupied |
• Owner-occupied | 499 households (90%) |
• Renting | 58 households (10%) |
• Avg. household size | 2.56 persons |
Marshall Park is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Portland, Oregon. It gets its name from the adjacent Marshall Park donated to the City of Portland by Frederick C. and Addie Mae Marshall in 1948. It borders Markham to the west and north, South Burlingame to the north, Collins View to the east, and Arnold Creek to the south.
Portland is the largest and most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Multnomah County. It is a major port in the Willamette Valley region of the Pacific Northwest, at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers. As of 2017, Portland had an estimated population of 647,805, making it the 26th most populated city in the United States, and the second-most populous in the Pacific Northwest. Approximately 2.4 million people live in the Portland metropolitan statistical area (MSA), making it the 25th most populous MSA in the United States. Its Combined Statistical Area (CSA) ranks 18th-largest with a population of around 3.2 million. Approximately 60% of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metropolitan area.
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Parks in the neighborhood include Jensen Natural Area (1996), Foley-Balmer Natural Area (1996) and Marshall Park (1948).
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