Richmond, Portland, Oregon
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| Neighborhood representation | |
| Association | Richmond Neighborhood Association |
| Coalition | Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program |
| Neighborhood geography | |
| Area | 3.29 km² (PDF map) |
| Location | Interactive map |
| Demographics (2000) | |
| Population | 11,320 (density 3,441/km²) |
| Households | 4,972 (96% occupied) |
| Owned | 2,990 (60%) |
| Rented | 1,982 (40%) |
| Size | 2.28 persons (average) |
Richmond is a neighborhood in the Southeast section of Portland, Oregon. It borders Sunnyside on the north, Mt. Tabor and South Tabor on the east, Creston-Kenilworth on the south, and Hosford-Abernethy on the west.
The northern edge of the neighborhood is part of the Hawthorne District.
Neighborhood parks include Sewallcrest Park (1940) and Ivon Community Garden (1978).
Richmond is named after Dr. Richmond Kelly, son of an early immigrant from Kentucky who held one of the donation land claims in the area, Rev. Clinton Kelly.[1]
[edit] External links
- Guide to Richmond Neighborhood (PortlandNeighborhood.com)
- Richmond Neighborhood Plan (Portland Bureau of Planning, 1994)
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