Sherwood (Or.)

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Sherwood (Or.)
Coordinates
-122.8433333 -122.8433333 45.35694444 45.35694444 (gooearth )
W1225024 W1225024 N0452123 N0452123 (geonames )
Associated country
United States
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 126683369
Wikidata: Q2639776
Library of congress: n 81130434
Sources of Information
  • GeoNames, algorithmically matched, 2009(ppl; 45°21ʹ23ʺN 122°50ʹ24ʺW)
  • Flood insurance study, 1981 (subj.)t.p. (city of Sherwood, Oregon, Washington County)
  • Rand McN., 1981(Sherwood, Washington [County], Or.)

Wikipedia description:

Sherwood is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Located in the southeast corner of the county, it is a residential community in the Tualatin Valley, southwest of Portland. The population was 20,450 at the 2020 census. Sherwood was first incorporated in 1893 as a town. Originally named Smockville after its founder, James Christopher Smock, the town was given its current name by local businessman Robert Alexander in 1891. The name "Sherwood" may have come from Sherwood, Michigan or the Sherwood Forest in England.

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