Mountaindale, Oregon

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Mountaindale, Oregon
Unincorporated community
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Former Mountaindale Store at Mountaindale and Dairy Creek roads
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Mountaindale, Oregon
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Mountaindale, Oregon
Mountaindale, Oregon (the United States)
Coordinates: 45°37′29″N123°02′20″W / 45.62472°N 123.03889°W / 45.62472; -123.03889
Country United States
State Oregon
County Washington
Elevation
194 ft (59 m)
Time zone UTC-8 (Pacific (PST))
 • Summer (DST) UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP codes
97133
Area code(s) 503 and 971
GNIS feature ID1163167 [1]

Mountaindale is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States, about four miles northwest of North Plains. [2] Settled in the 1850s, the small community was the longtime home of the Mountaindale Store. The area is part of Washington County Fire District 2. [3]

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History

The Atfalati tribe of Native Americans had a seasonal campsite in the area prior to the arrival of European-Americans in the 1830s. [4] The first Euro-American settlers in the Mountaindale area were Samuel B. and Mary Raffety, who in 1852 traveled the Oregon Trail to the Oregon Territory and settled a donation land claim in northern Washington County in the foothills of the Oregon Coast Range. [5] Originally from Kentucky, they raised eight children on their 320-acre (130 ha) farm. [5] One child, Charles H. Raffety, later served as mayor of East Portland before its annexation into Portland. [5] Mountaindale School District 41 was formed on December 5, 1868, with Alzada Cornelius as the first teacher and W. D. Pittenger as the first superintendent. [5] The school was built at that time and was located on the Dobbins land claim. [6] The store was later built in front of the school. [6] The post office was established in 1873 as "Mountain Dale" and the name was changed to "Mountaindale" in 1895. [7] [8] The name combining "mountain" and "dale" is descriptive, as the community is where East Fork Dairy Creek emerges from the foothills at the north edge of the Tualatin Valley. [7]

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Former school in 2010

In 1885, [9] a new schoolhouse was built for $200. [5] It was 30 feet (9.1 m) long, 13 feet (4.0 m) wide, and 12 feet (3.7 m) tall. [5] The new school was originally known as the Raffety School as it was built on land donated by Samuel Raffety. [6] Charles Reynolds opened the first store in the community in 1896. [5] In 1904, a new Mountaindale Store was built across the street from the original. [5] Reynolds also operated a freight line and a blacksmith shop. [5] In 1915, Mountaindale had two sawmills, [9] and much of the area surrounding area was logged. [4]

The Mountaindale post office closed in 1935. [7] In February 1953, the school district was merged into the North Plains School District (originally known as the Glencoe district), which merged into the Hillsboro School District in 1996. [6] [10] The Mountaindale school remained in use until 1954 or 1955, and by 1976 was owned by the Stohr family. [6] [9]

In 1990, the only public buildings remaining in the community were the store and the closed schoolhouse. [9] The store is also now closed.

The Mountaindale Airport is a mile southwest of the community.

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References

  1. ↑ "Mountaindale, Oregon". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ↑ "Mountaindale". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. November 28, 1980. Retrieved January 26, 2010.
  3. ↑ "County Bridges & Fire District Boundaries" (PDF). Washington County. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 9, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2014.
  4. 1 2 Buan, Carolyn M. This Far-Off Sunset Land: A Pictorial History of Washington County, Oregon. Donning Company Publishers, 1999. p. 18, 38.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Communities: Mountaindale early history retraced to 1852 land grant". Hillsboro Argus . October 19, 1976. p. 5.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Philpott, Betty (October 19, 1976). "Schools and Churches: Interest in history spurs preservation of school". Hillsboro Argus. p. 9.
  7. 1 2 3 McArthur, Lewis A.; McArthur, Lewis L. (2003) [1928]. Oregon Geographic Names (7th ed.). Portland, Oregon: Oregon Historical Society Press. p. 680. ISBN   978-0875952772.
  8. ↑ Benson, Robert L. (October 19, 1976). "Business and Industry: Post offices, zip codes listed". Hillsboro Argus . p. 11.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Friedman, Ralph (1990). In Search of Western Oregon (2nd ed.). Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd. p. 150. ISBN   0-87004-332-3.
  10. ↑ Benson, Robert L. (October 19, 1976). "Historic Potpourri: Courthouse fire destroys school records in '20s". Hillsboro Argus. p. 10.
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